Chapter
Phytotoxic Substances in Soils
Abstract
Plant species are continuously exposed to their ambient soil environment during their life cycle. Sometimes the presence, application and/or formation of certain substances in soils increase to the extent that they become phytotoxic - the property of a substance at a specified concentration that restricts or constrains plant growth. Phytotoxic substances have long been accumulating in the terrestrial ecosystem including soils. Phytotoxicity in …
Authors
Qadir M; Schubert S; Steffens D
Book title
Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment
Publication Date
December 2013
ISBN-13
9780124095489
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.05255-6