Heavy Metals in the Cultivated Soils of Central and Western Serbia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Sites and Sample Collection
2.2. Soil Sampling and Chemical Analysis
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Chemical Properties and Levels of Heavy Metals in Soils
3.2. Chemometric Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Djalovic, I.; Prasad, P.V.V.; Pezo, L.; Janić Hajnal, E.; Saulic, M.; Dugalić, M.; Kolarić, L. Heavy Metals in the Cultivated Soils of Central and Western Serbia. Agronomy 2024, 14, 1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081836
Djalovic I, Prasad PVV, Pezo L, Janić Hajnal E, Saulic M, Dugalić M, Kolarić L. Heavy Metals in the Cultivated Soils of Central and Western Serbia. Agronomy. 2024; 14(8):1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081836
Chicago/Turabian StyleDjalovic, Ivica, P. V. Vara Prasad, Lato Pezo, Elizabet Janić Hajnal, Markola Saulic, Marijana Dugalić, and Ljubiša Kolarić. 2024. "Heavy Metals in the Cultivated Soils of Central and Western Serbia" Agronomy 14, no. 8: 1836. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14081836