Metal in soils and uptake by plants Flashcards

1
Q

Why do soybeans turn yellow

A

lack of iron

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2
Q

to be uptake by a plant, a mineral must be ?

A

soluble

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3
Q

Under high pH conditions, iron is bound to ?

A

soil particles

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4
Q

what are 2 tasks that proteins in the plant roots can do

A
  1. product H+ to lower soil pH
  2. Change Fe3+ to Fe2+
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5
Q

where is cadmium accumulation happen

A

Alaska

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6
Q

where did cadmium in soil come from

A

wind blown dust

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7
Q

what was cadmium in soil in terms of levels

A

higher than underlying rocks

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8
Q

how does pH of soil affect cadmium

A

soil acidic so cadmium was mobile for plants

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9
Q

cadmium concentration in twigs and leaves from grayleaf willow

A

10x higher in shrubs and moss

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10
Q

White tailed ptarmigan

A

that ate grayleaf willow buds had higher chance of kidney damage

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11
Q

where is molybdenosis happen

A

sweden

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12
Q

what did molybdenosis lead to

A

type 2 diabetes mellitus in swedish moose

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13
Q

symtoms of moose wasting disease

A

diarrhea
emaciation
apathy
osteroporosis

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14
Q

what was found in necropsy study by frank

A
  1. high levels of molybdenum and low levels of copper in organ tissues
  2. high glucose concentrations, hyperglycemia
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15
Q

what does molybdenum do

A

trace element that controls copper metabolism in ruminants

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16
Q

what does copper defficiency do

A

imbalance in hypothalamus
defficiency in sex hormones and glucose hormones

17
Q

Hyperaccumulator plants, what are they

A

plants that accumulate
cobalt
nickel
cadmium
lead
zinc
excessively

18
Q

farming hyperaccumulator plants is called

A

agromining
you can use them to mine metals
can burn for the metals

19
Q

what is an example of a hyperaccumulator?

A

Alpine Pennycress
1/3 cadmium
only 1 for Cadmium and zinc together

20
Q

another word for agromining

A

phytomining and phytoremediation

21
Q

what hypothesis explains the hyperaccumulator plant?

A

elemental defence hypothesis
against herbivores

22
Q

what can oyster mushrooms clean up

A

oil, hydrocarbons

23
Q

what can sunflowers clean up

A

radioactive isotopes

24
Q

what can bivalves clean up

A

anti bacterial, weed killer

25
Q

what can bonfire moss clean up

A

lead

26
Q

what can alpine pennycress clean up

A

Cadmium and zinc

27
Q

what can tabacco clean up

A

tnt, explosives

28
Q

what can greater moth wax clean up

A

plastic