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List of works by Steve P. McGrath

A multi-technique investigation of copper and zinc distribution, speciation and potential bioavailability in biosolids.

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A new method for the determination of the34S/32S ratio of water-soluble sulphur in soil

A new method to measure effective soil solution concentration predicts copper availability to plants

scientific article published on June 2001

A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK

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A terrestrial biotic ligand model. 1. Development and application to Cu and Ni toxicities to barley root elongation in soils.

scientific article published in November 2006

Accumulation, Distribution, and Speciation of Arsenic in Wheat Grain

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Agronomic selenium biofortification in Triticum durum under Mediterranean conditions: from grain to cooked pasta.

scientific article published on 20 September 2013

An explanation for the apparent losses of metals in a long-term field experiment with sewage sludge

scientific article published on 01 January 1989

An inter-laboratory study to test the ability of amendments to reduce the availability of Cd, Pb, and Zn in situ

scientific article published in November 2005

Arguments surrounding the essentiality of boron to vascular plants

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Arsenic Bioavailability to Rice Is Elevated in Bangladeshi Paddy Soils

scholarly article by M. Asaduzzaman Khan et al published 15 November 2010 in Environmental Science & Technology

Arsenic Methylation in Soils and Its Relationship with Microbial arsM Abundance and Diversity, and As Speciation in Rice

Arsenic Shoot-Grain Relationships in Field Grown Rice Cultivars

Arsenic as a food chain contaminant: mechanisms of plant uptake and metabolism and mitigation strategies.

scientific article published on January 2010

Arsenic distribution and speciation in the fronds of the hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata

scholarly article by Enzo Lombi et al published November 2002 in New Phytologist

Arsenic hyperaccumulation by Pteris vittata from arsenic contaminated soils and the effect of liming and phosphate fertilisation.

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Arsenic influence on genetic variation in grain trace-element nutrient content in Bengal delta grown rice

Arsenic speciation in phloem and xylem exudates of castor bean.

scientific article published on 24 September 2010

Arsenic translocation in rice investigated using radioactive 73As tracer

scholarly article by Fang-Jie Zhao et al published 30 July 2011 in Plant and Soil

Arsenite efflux is not enhanced in the arsenate-tolerant phenotype of Holcus lanatus

scientific article published on 14 April 2009

Assessing the Labile Arsenic Pool in Contaminated Paddy Soils by Isotopic Dilution Techniques and Simple Extractions

article by Jacqueline L. Stroud et al published 15 May 2011 in Environmental Science & Technology

Assessment of the use of industrial by-products to remediate a copper- and arsenic-contaminated soil

scientific article published in May 2004

Atmospheric SO2 emissions since the late 1800s change organic sulfur forms in humic substance extracts of soils.

scientific article published on May 2008

Biofortification and phytoremediation

scientific article published on 25 May 2009

Biofortification of UK food crops with selenium.

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COMPARISON OF SOIL SOLUTION SPECIATION AND DIFFUSIVE GRADIENTS IN THIN-FILMS MEASUREMENT AS AN INDICATOR OF COPPER BIOAVAILABILITY TO PLANTS

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Ca. Nitrososphaera and Bradyrhizobium are inversely correlated and related to agricultural practices in long-term field experiments

scientific article published in May 2013

Cadmium availability to wheat grain in soils treated with sewage sludge or metal salts

scientific article published on 15 November 2006

Cadmium hyperaccumulation protects Thlaspi caerulescens from leaf feeding damage by thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).

scientific article published in September 2005

Cadmium uptake, translocation and tolerance in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Cellular compartmentation of cadmium and zinc in relation to other elements in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Cereal grain mineral micronutrient and soil chemistry data from GeoNutrition surveys in Ethiopia and Malawi

scientific article published in 2022

Changes in organic carbon to clay ratios in different soils and land uses in England and Wales over time

scientific article published on 25 March 2022

Changes in the sulphur status of British wheat grain in the last decade, and its geographical distribution

article by Fang-Jie Zhao et al published August 1995 in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Characteristics of cadmium uptake in two contrasting ecotypes of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

scientific article published in March 2002

Combined NanoSIMS and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveal distinct cellular and subcellular distribution patterns of trace elements in rice tissues

scientific article published on 24 September 2013

Comparison of different microbial bioassays to assess metal-contaminated soils

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Comparison of toxicity of zinc for soil microbial processes between laboratory-contamined and polluted field soils.

scientific article published in November 2003

Complexation of arsenite with phytochelatins reduces arsenite efflux and translocation from roots to shoots in Arabidopsis

scientific article published on 3 February 2010

Comprehensive nutrient analysis in agricultural organic amendments through non-destructive assays using machine learning

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Continental-scale controls on soil organic carbon across sub-Saharan Africa

Contrasting effects of dwarfing alleles and nitrogen availability on mineral concentrations in wheat grain

Copper uptake by Elsholtzia splendens and Silene vulgaris and assessment of copper phytoavailability in contaminated soils

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Derivation of ecological standards for risk assessment of molybdate in soil

Determination of chemical availability of cadmium and zinc in soils using inert soil moisture samplers

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Development of a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of Rhizobium leguminosarum bacteria and discrimination between different biovars in zinc-contaminated soil.

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Development of an acute and chronic ecotoxicity assay using lux-marked Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii.

scientific article published in April 1997

Distribution and speciation of iron and zinc in grain of two wheat genotypes

scientific article published on 13 January 2014

Distribution of the stable isotopes 57Fe and 68Zn in grain tissues of various wheat lines differing in their phytate content

Does cadmium play a physiological role in the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens?

scientific article published on 11 February 2008

Effect of long-term equilibration on the toxicity of molybdenum to soil organisms

scientific article published on 5 November 2011

Effect of soil characteristics on Cd uptake by the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

scientific article published on 05 July 2005

Effective methods to reduce cadmium accumulation in rice grain

scientific article published on 25 May 2018

Effects of Nitrogen on the Distribution and Chemical Speciation of Iron and Zinc in Pearling Fractions of Wheat Grain

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Effects of soil compaction and irrigation on the concentrations of selenium and arsenic in wheat grains

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Environmental and Genetic Control of Arsenic Accumulation and Speciation in Rice Grain: Comparing a Range of Common Cultivars Grown in Contaminated Sites Across Bangladesh, China, and India

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Estimates of ambient background concentrations of trace metals in soils for risk assessment

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Evaluation of an electrostatic toxicity model for predicting Ni2+ toxicity to barley root elongation in hydroponic cultures and in soils

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Evidence for effects of manufactured nanomaterials on crops is inconclusive.

scientific article published on 2 November 2012

Evidence of decreasing mineral density in wheat grain over the last 160 years

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Evidence of low selenium concentrations in UK bread-making wheat grain

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Experimental measurements and computer predictions of copper complex formation by soluble soil organic matter

scientific article published on 01 January 1988

Expression and functional analysis of metal transporter genes in two contrasting ecotypes of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

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Factors affecting the concentrations of lead in British wheat and barley grain

scientific article published on 01 October 2004

Field evaluation of Cd and Zn phytoextraction potential by the hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Arabidopsis halleri.

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Field evaluation of in situ remediation of a heavy metal contaminated soil using lime and red-mud.

scientific article published in August 2006

Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites.

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Grain and shoot zinc accumulation in winter wheat affected by nitrogen management

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High resolution SIMS analysis of arsenic in rice

High-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry reveals the contrasting subcellular distribution of arsenic and silicon in rice roots

scholarly article by Katie L Moore et al published June 2011 in Plant Physiology

Highly efficient xylem transport of arsenite in the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

Historical arsenic contamination of soil due to long-term phosphate fertiliser applications.

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Historical changes in the concentrations of selenium in soil and wheat grain from the Broadbalk experiment over the last 160 years

scientific article published on 20 September 2007

Hyperaccumulation of Zn byThlaspi caerulescensCan Ameliorate Zn Toxicity in the Rhizosphere of CocroppedThlaspi arvense

scientific article published in August 2001

INFLUENCE OF SOIL PROPERTIES AND AGING ON ARSENIC PHYTOTOXICITY

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Identification of low inorganic and total grain arsenic rice cultivars from Bangladesh.

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Identification of the form of Cd in the leaves of a superior Cd-accumulating ecotype of Thlaspi caerulescens using 113Cd-NMR.

scientific article published on 10 May 2005

In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: biological effects

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

In situ fixation of metals in soils using bauxite residue: chemical assessment.

scientific article published in January 2002

Influence of iron status on cadmium and zinc uptake by different ecotypes of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Influence of sulfur deficiency on the expression of specific sulfate transporters and the distribution of sulfur, selenium, and molybdenum in wheat

scientific article published on 10 March 2010

Investigating the contribution of the phosphate transport pathway to arsenic accumulation in rice

scholarly article by Zhongchang Wu et al published September 2011 in Plant Physiology

Keeping toxic cadmium out of the food chain

scientific article published in 2022

Kinetics of Zn release in soils and prediction of Zn concentration in plants using diffusive gradients in thin films

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Kinetics of metal fixation in soils: measurement and modeling by isotopic dilution.

scientific article published on March 2006

Knocking out ACR2 does not affect arsenic redox status in Arabidopsis thaliana: implications for as detoxification and accumulation in plants

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Lability of Cd, Cu, and Zn in polluted soils treated with lime, beringite, and red mud and identification of a non-labile colloidal fraction of metals using istopic techniques

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Leaching of heavy metals from contaminated soils using EDTA.

scientific article published in January 2001

Lead in rice: Analysis of baseline lead levels in market and field collected rice grains

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Localisation of iron in wheat grain using high resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry

Long-Term Impact of Field Applications of Sewage Sludge on Soil Antibiotic Resistome

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Long-term Impact of Sewage Sludge Application on biovar : An Evaluation Using Meta-Analysis

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Long-term effects of metals in sewage sludge on soils, microorganisms and plants

scientific article published on February 1995

Long-term impact of sewage sludge application on soil microbial biomass: An evaluation using meta-analysis

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Long-term impacts of zinc and copper enriched sewage sludge additions on bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities in arable and grassland soils

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Mechanisms of arsenic hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata. Uptake kinetics, interactions with phosphate, and arsenic speciation

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Methylated arsenic species in plants originate from soil microorganisms

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Mineral Availability as a Key Regulator of Soil Carbon Storage.

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Modelling phytoremediation by the hyperaccumulating fern, Pteris vittata, of soils historically contaminated with arsenic

scientific article published on 25 January 2009

Modelling the effects of copper on soil organisms and processes using the free ion approach: towards a multi-species toxicity model.

scientific article published on 12 April 2013

Molecular mechanisms of selenium tolerance and hyperaccumulation in Stanleya pinnata

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Molybdenum sequestration in Brassica species. A role for anthocyanins?

scientific article published in August 2001

Monte Carlo simulations of the transformation and removal of Ag, TiO2, and ZnO nanoparticles in wastewater treatment and land application of biosolids.

scientific article published on 9 January 2015

NanoSIMS analysis of arsenic and selenium in cereal grain.

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Nanomaterials in Biosolids Inhibit Nodulation, Shift Microbial Community Composition, and Result in Increased Metal Uptake Relative to Bulk/Dissolved Metals

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Nanoparticles within WWTP sludges have minimal impact on leachate quality and soil microbial community structure and function.

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Non-labile silver species in biosolids remain stable throughout 50 years of weathering and ageing

scientific article published on 25 May 2015

On pedagogy of a Soil Science Centre for Doctoral Training

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Over 150 years of long-term fertilization alters spatial scaling of microbial biodiversity

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Phosphate stable oxygen isotope variability within a temperate agricultural soil.

scientific article published on January 2017

Phytochelatins play a key role in arsenic accumulation and tolerance in the aquatic macrophyte Wolffia globosa.

scientific article published on 5 March 2012

Phytoextraction of cadmium and zinc from arable soils amended with sewage sludge using Thlaspi caerulescens: development of a predictive model

scientific article published on 26 March 2007

Phytoextraction of metals and metalloids from contaminated soils.

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Phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated paddy soils with Pteris vittata markedly reduces arsenic uptake by rice

scientific article published on 15 August 2011

Phytotoxicity and bioavailability of cobalt to plants in a range of soils

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Phytotoxicity of nickel in a range of European soils: Influence of soil properties, Ni solubility and speciation

scientific article published on 02 June 2006

Pollution-induced community tolerance of soil microbes in response to a zinc gradient.

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Population collapse of Lumbricus terrestris in conventional arable cultivations and response to straw applications

scholarly article by Jacqueline L. Stroud et al published December 2016 in Applied Soil Ecology

Potential Co‐benefits and trade‐offs between improved soil management, climate change mitigation and agri‐food productivity

scientific article published in 2022

Predicting arsenic solubility in contaminated soils using isotopic dilution techniques.

scientific article published on March 2002

Predicting molybdenum toxicity to higher plants: estimation of toxicity threshold values.

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Rapid reduction of arsenate in the medium mediated by plant roots

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Relative impact of soil, metal source and metal concentration on bacterial community structure and community tolerance

article published in 2010

Rice is more efficient in arsenite uptake and translocation than wheat and barley

Risk of Silver Transfer from Soil to the Food Chain Is Low after Long-Term (20 Years) Field Applications of Sewage Sludge

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

SOIL FACTORS CONTROLLING THE EXPRESSION OF COPPER TOXICITY TO PLANTS IN A WIDE RANGE OF EUROPEAN SOILS

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Selenium accumulation and speciation in biofortified chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under Mediterranean conditions

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Selenium biofortification of high-yielding winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by liquid or granular Se fertilisation

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Selenium concentration and speciation in biofortified flour and bread: Retention of selenium during grain biofortification, processing and production of Se-enriched food

scientific article published on 23 December 2010

Selenium deficiency risk predicted to increase under future climate change

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Selenium speciation in malt, wort, and beer made from selenium-biofortified two-rowed barley grain.

scientific article published on 17 June 2014

Selenium speciation in soil and rice: influence of water management and Se fertilization

Selenium speciation in soil extracts using LC-ICP-MS

Selenium uptake, translocation and speciation in wheat supplied with selenate or selenite

scientific article published on 07 January 2008

Silicon has opposite effects on the accumulation of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in rice

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Simulation of Phosphorus Chemistry, Uptake and Utilisation by Winter Wheat

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Soil contamination in China: current status and mitigation strategies

scientific article published in January 2015

Soil pH determines microbial diversity and composition in the park grass experiment.

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Spatial imaging, speciation, and quantification of selenium in the hyperaccumulator plants Astragalus bisulcatus and Stanleya pinnata

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Speciation of zinc in contaminated soils

scientific article published on 25 January 2008

Subcellular localisation of Cd and Zn in the leaves of a Cd-hyperaccumulating ecotype of Thlaspi caerulescens

scientific article published on 27 October 2004

Synthesis of low molecular weight thiols in response to Cd exposure in Thlaspi caerulescens.

scientific article published in July 2006

Terrestrial biotic ligand model. 2. Application to Ni and Cu toxicities to plants, invertebrates, and microbes in soil.

scientific article published in November 2006

The Effect of Different Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Soil and Crop Nutrient Concentrations

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The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

The dynamics of arsenic in four paddy fields in the Bengal delta

The rice aquaporin Lsi1 mediates uptake of methylated arsenic species

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

The role of nodes in arsenic storage and distribution in rice.

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

The role of the rice aquaporin Lsi1 in arsenite efflux from roots

scientific article published on 16 February 2010

Towards bioavailability-based soil criteria: past, present and future perspectives

scientific article published on March 22, 2013

Toxic Metals in Soil-Plant Systems

science book first published in 1994

Toxicity of trace metals in soil as affected by soil type and aging after contamination: using calibrated bioavailability models to set ecological soil standards.

scientific article published on 20 March 2009

Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain

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Trends in (13)C/ (12)C ratios and C isotope discrimination of wheat since 1845.

scientific article published on 24 March 2001

Use of Co speciation and soil properties to explain variation in Co toxicity to root growth of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in different soils.

scientific article published on 9 June 2008

Variation in grain arsenic assessed in a diverse panel of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in multiple sites.

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

Variation in rice cadmium related to human exposure

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Variation in root-to-shoot translocation of cadmium and zinc among different accessions of the hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Thlaspi praecox

scientific article published on 05 February 2008

What's new about cadmium hyperaccumulation?

scientific article published in 2001

Yield responses of arable crops to liming - An evaluation of relationships between yields and soil pH from a long-term liming experiment

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Zinc, copper and nickel concentrations in soil extracts and crops grown on four soils treated with metalloaded sewage sludges

scientific article published on 01 January 1987