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Most of the airborne Cd-polluted particles which eventually precipitate in forest regions remain on the surface of the tree leaves and do not penetrate into the plants' live tissues. Such pollutions can be removed from the leaves by cation exchange or can be washed off with water of low pH. Acid rains and acid soils have contributed very much to the solubilization of Cd and to its transformation into an available ionic form which is later absorbed by tree roots. 115mCd uptake by young beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) seems to be positively correlated with the concentrations of the applied solutions as well as with the duration of the exposure. Low environmental pH increases the rate of 115mCd uptake. High or low transpiration had no apparent effect on root absorption of Cd, but exposure of beech trees to a Cd(NO3)2 solution reduced their rates of transpiration after very few days of treatment.
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Hagemeyer, J., Kahle, H., Breckle, SW. et al. Cadmium in Fagus sylvatica L. trees and seedlings: Leaching, uptake and interconnection with transpiration. Water Air Soil Pollut 29, 347–359 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283442
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