Cadmium Contamination in Soils and Plants

Mechanisms and Mitigation

Fang-Jie Zhao, Peng Wang, Steve McGrath

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443341052
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Cadmium Contamination in Soils and Plants presents a rigorous, up-to-date account of how this toxic metal enters agricultural landscapes, persists in soils, interacts with living systems, and ultimately affects food safety and human health. The volume synthesizes cutting-edge findings on the processes that drive Cd movement from soil to crops and clarifies the biological pathways by which plants and microorganisms respond. It translates scientific insight into practical solutions for safer agricultural production systems, drawing on recent advances in measurement, modeling, and remediation. This book is intended for researchers, graduate students, and professionals across environmental science, agronomy, and public health who need an authoritative, research-grounded reference to inform decisions in cultivation-related settings. - Provides a global perspective on cadmium occurrence, emissions, and deposition, along with non?atmospheric fluxes in farming systems - Explains soil chemical processes and modeling approaches, including sorption, desorption, and complexation, with dedicated coverage of paddy soil transformations - Examines biological dimensions, from soil microbiota and fauna to plant uptake, detoxification, hyperaccumulation, and mycorrhizal associations - Introduces quantitative frameworks for evaluating bioavailability and modeling soil?to?crop transfer, linking these to ecological risks, dietary exposure, and health risk assessment - Outlines practical solutions such as immobilizing amendments, agronomic practices, crop breeding and biotechnology for low accumulation, and phytoremediation strategies

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• About the Editors
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1 Introduction
• CHAPTER 2 Analytical methods for cadmium in soil–plant systems
• CHAPTER 3 Global patterns of cadmium contamination in soils
• CHAPTER 4 Emissions and atmospheric deposition of cadmium
• CHAPTER 5 Inputs and outputs of cadmium in agricultural systems
• CHAPTER 6 Modeling chemical speciation of cadmium in soils
• CHAPTER 7 Transformation of cadmium in paddy soils
• CHAPTER 8 Impacts of cadmium on soil microorganisms and fauna
• CHAPTER 9 Assessment of cadmium bioavailability in soils
• CHAPTER 10 Molecular mechanisms of cadmium uptake and translocation in plants
• CHAPTER 11 Toxicity and detoxification of cadmium in plants
• CHAPTER 12 Cadmium hyperaccumulation
• CHAPTER 13 Role of mycorrhiza in cadmium uptake and detoxification
• CHAPTER 14 Modeling cadmium transfer from soil to crops
• CHAPTER 15 Dietary intake of cadmium and impacts on human health
• CHAPTER 16 Ecological risk assessment of cadmium contamination in soils
• CHAPTER 17 Soil cadmium standards for agricultural land
• CHAPTER 18 Amendments and agronomic practices to reduce cadmium uptake by crops
• CHAPTER 19 Breeding and biotechnology to limit cadmium accumulation in crops
• CHAPTER 20 Phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils
• Index