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Food Chemistry 2018
Journal of Food, Nutrition and Population Health
ISSN: 2577-0586
Page 66
July 23-24, 2018
Rome, Italy
3
rd
Edition of International Conference on
Agriculture &
Food Chemistry
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oils with either peridotite or serpentinite parent materials
are strongly influenced by the specific geochemistry and
mineralogy of the parentmaterial. So called serpentine soils share a
number of chemical particulars including lowCa: Mg ratio, elevated
levels of heavy metals (Fe, Ni, Cr, Co) and low concentrations of
macronutrients e.g., K and P. Flora and vegetation of serpentine
areas often differ from that of normal soils. Nickel availability in soil
depends on environmental and pedological factors. Nickel uptake
by plants depends on its bioavailability in soils. The objective of this
study was to identify the serpentine problem in agricultural soil of
Pojska and Pogradec and the impact of the serpentine problem on
the structure and quality of agricultural products. In this study, soils
and agricultural products in this regionwere collected and analyzed
for heavy metal and macronutrient content. This study informs us
about the potential risk of serpentine soils on food chain.
Biography
Aida Bani has graduated from Agriculture University of Tirana (AUT) in Agro-
nomic Sciences, 1989. She enrolled at AUT and INPL, Nancy, France for her
PhD studies and received the title Doctor of Sciences in year 2009. She has
several articles published in high impact factor scientific journals. She has
participated in 68 international scientific conferences. She is a passionate Lec-
turer of several courses such as: Landscape Architecture, LandscapeManage-
ment, Soil Remediation Methodologies etc. Her scientific interest particularly
relies on topics connecting with agriculture, environment and landscape. She
has also been leading several national and international scientific projects in
the field of agriculture and environment.
aida_alushi@hotmail.comThe potential risk of heavy metals on food chain in an Albanian
serpentine site
Aida Bani, Besmira Xhaferri
and
Muharrem Salihaj
Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania
Aida Bani et al., J Food Nutr Popul Health 2018, Volume 2
DOI: 10.21767/2577-0586-C2-006