chapter 1 Dependency of Phytoavailability of Metals on Indigenous and Induced Rhizosphere Processes: A Review -- chapter 2 Bioavailability of Trace Elements as Related to Root-Induced Chemical Changes in the Rhizosphere -- chapter 3 Rhizosphere Chemical Changes Enhance Heavy Metal Absorption by Plants Growing in Calcareous Soils -- chapter 4 Fate of Radiocesium in Soil and Rhizosphere -- chapter 5 Bioavailability of Uranium and Plutonium to Plants in Soil–Water Systems and the Potential of Phytoremediation -- chapter 6 Interactions and Mobilization of Metal Ions at the Soil–Root Interface -- chapter 7 Analysis of Metal Speciation and Distribution in Symbiotic Fungi (Ectomycorrhiza) Studied by Micro X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy -- chapter 8 Bioavailability of Heavy Metals in the Mycorrhizosphere -- chapter 9 Solid Phase Fractionation of Metals in the Rhizosphere of Forest Soils -- chapter 10 A Technique for Quantitative Trace Element and Micronutrient Studies in Plants -- chapter 11 Cation Exchange on Plant Roots Involving Aluminium: Experimental Data and Modeling -- chapter 12 Modeling the Dynamics of the Rhizosphere Aluminum Chemistry in Acid Forest Soils.