Mechanisms of cadmium accumulation in plants

T Sterckeman, S Thomine - Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cadmium is a non-essential trace metal, which is highly toxic to nearly all living organisms.
Soil pollution causes Cd contamination of crops, thereby rendering plant products …

Challenges in microbially and chelate-assisted phytoextraction of cadmium and lead–A review

I Gul, M Manzoor, N Hashim, GM Shah, SPT Waani… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are ubiquitously present in surface soils, due to
anthropogenic activities, causing threat to ecological and human health because of their …

Managing cadmium in agricultural systems

MJ McLaughlin, E Smolders, FJ Zhao, C Grant… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring element present in all soils from both geogenic and
anthropogenic sources. The primary risk pathway to humans is exposure through dietary …

How can we take advantage of halophyte properties to cope with heavy metal toxicity in salt-affected areas?

S Lutts, I Lefèvre - Annals of botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Many areas throughout the world are simultaneously contaminated by high
concentrations of soluble salts and by high concentrations of heavy metals that constitute a …

EDTA-enhanced phytoremediation of heavy metals: a review

M Shahid, A Austruy, G Echevarria… - Soil and Sediment …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The increase in heavy metal terrestrial ecosystems' contamination through anthropogenic
activities is a widespread and serious global problem due to their various environmental and …

Partitioning of metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) in soils: concepts, methodologies, prediction and applications–a review

F Degryse, E Smolders… - European Journal of Soil …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Prediction of the fate of metals in soil requires knowledge of their solid–liquid partitioning.
This paper reviews analytical methods and models for measuring or predicting the solid …

Assisting phytoremediation of heavy metals using chemical amendments

MM Hasan, MN Uddin, I Ara-Sharmeen, H F. Alharby… - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Phytoremediation is one of the safer, economical, and environment-friendly techniques in
which plants are used to recover polluted soils, particularly those containing toxic organic …

Use of diffusive gradients in thin-films for studies of chemical speciation and bioavailability

H Zhang, W Davison - Environmental Chemistry, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context The health of aquatic organisms depends on the distribution of the
dissolved forms of chemical components (speciation) and their rates of interaction …

EDTA-assisted Pb phytoextraction

E Meers, M Qadir, P De Caritat, FMG Tack, G Du Laing… - Chemosphere, 2009 - Elsevier
Pb is one of the most widespread and metal pollutants in soil. It is generally concentrated in
surface layers with only a minor portion of the total metal found in soil solution …

In Situ Insight into the Availability and Desorption Kinetics of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Soils with Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films

YR Huang, SS Liu, JX Zi, SM Cheng, J Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The physicochemical exchange dynamics between the solid and solution phases of per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soils needs to be better understood. This study …