The Absorption of Mineral Elements by Forage Plants: I. The Phosphorus, Cobalt, Manganese, and Copper Content of Some Common Grasses¹

Uptake of manganese in Hydrilla verticillata Royle

“…The question of the incentives for plant removal quickly arises, and the possibility of using noxious aquatic weeds as a crop arises. The proliferation of this exotic plant probably came as a result Beeson et al (1947). c Land grasses; legumes are greater by 3x .…”

Copper

“…The Cu concentration in shoots of plants varies considerably between species (Beeson et al, 1947;Thomas et al, 1952;Alloway, 2008).This suggests different abilities to either absorb Cu from the soil, or translocate Cu from root to shoot. The factors that allow some plants to take up more Cu than others are unclear.…”

Some Plant Accumulators of the Micronutrient Elements

“…The ability of certain species to accumulate relatively large quantities of mineral elements in their tissues has been reported for such elements as seleni urn (Miller and Byers 1937) and for some of the rare earths (Robinson, Whetstone, and Scribner 1938). Smaller differences in the concentration of cobalt, copper, manganese, iron (Beeson, Gray, andAdams 1947, Beeson andMac-Donald 1951) and molybdenum (Robinson and Edgington 1954) have been reported as being characteristic for certain plant species, and environmental circumstances. One importance of such plants lies in their usefulness in evaluating the micronutrient element status of soils.…”