Cadmium Contamination in Soils and Plants
Mechanisms and Mitigation
- 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Fang-Jie Zhao, Peng Wang, Steve McGrath
- Language: English
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 l… Read more
Description
Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- 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
Readership
Readership
Researchers and academics in plant science, agricultural science, soil science, environmental science. Researchers and academics in food safety and public health.
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Analytical methods for cadmium in soil–plant systems
3. Global patterns of cadmium contamination in soil
4. Emissions and atmospheric deposition of cadmium
5. Inputs and outputs of cadmium in agricultural systems
6. Modeling chemical speciation of cadmium in soils
7. Transformation of cadmium in paddy soils
8. Impacts of cadmium on soil microorganisms and fauna
9. Assessment of cadmium bioavailability in soils
10. Molecular mechanisms of cadmium uptake and translocation in plants
11. Toxicity and detoxification of cadmium in plants
12. Cadmium hyperaccumulation
13. Role of mycorrhiza in cadmium uptake and detoxification
14. Modeling cadmium transfer from soil to crops
15. Dietary intake of cadmium and impacts on human health
16. Ecological risk assessment of cadmium contamination in soils
17. Soil cadmium standards for agricultural land
18. Amendments and agronomic practices to reduce cadmium uptake by crops
19. Breeding and biotechnology to limit cadmium accumulation in crops
20. Phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils
2. Analytical methods for cadmium in soil–plant systems
3. Global patterns of cadmium contamination in soil
4. Emissions and atmospheric deposition of cadmium
5. Inputs and outputs of cadmium in agricultural systems
6. Modeling chemical speciation of cadmium in soils
7. Transformation of cadmium in paddy soils
8. Impacts of cadmium on soil microorganisms and fauna
9. Assessment of cadmium bioavailability in soils
10. Molecular mechanisms of cadmium uptake and translocation in plants
11. Toxicity and detoxification of cadmium in plants
12. Cadmium hyperaccumulation
13. Role of mycorrhiza in cadmium uptake and detoxification
14. Modeling cadmium transfer from soil to crops
15. Dietary intake of cadmium and impacts on human health
16. Ecological risk assessment of cadmium contamination in soils
17. Soil cadmium standards for agricultural land
18. Amendments and agronomic practices to reduce cadmium uptake by crops
19. Breeding and biotechnology to limit cadmium accumulation in crops
20. Phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
FZ
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao is a professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He obtained his
PhD from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. in 1992. His research focuses on the biogeochemistry of trace elements, molecular mechanisms of trace element uptake and detoxification in plants, bioremediation of contaminated soils, and biofortification of micronutrients in food crops. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed articles and is a Clarivate Web of Science highly cited researcher since 2017. He is the recipient of the 2024 UNESCO The World Academy of Sciences Award in Agricultural Science and the 2022 IFA Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition Award by the International Fertilizer Association.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, ChinaPW
Peng Wang
Peng Wang is a professor at Nanjing Agricultural
University, China. He obtained his PhD from the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. He researches soil biogeochemistry, environmental remediation, and human health, specializing in cadmium and arsenic risk control within soil–crop–human systems. His discoveries of mechanisms like the voltaic cell effect and pH-dependent adsorption governing cadmium activity have advanced practical remediation. He has developed novel high-throughput characterization techniques
for soil–plant systems. He has published over
160 articles in journals such as PNAS, Nature Health, and ES&T, with over 11,000 citations and an h-index of 58. He is a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate and Elsevier) and serves as a Section Editor for Plant and Soil (Springer Nature) and an Associate Editor for Applied Geochemistry (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, ChinaSM
Steve McGrath
Steve McGrath of Rothamsted Research obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield, U.K. in 1980. His research focuses on understanding the biogeochemical processes that occur in soils and their impacts on crop productivity, food quality, and the environment. He has contributed significantly to the development of sustainable soil management practices and the development of guidelines for soil protection and to reduce the potential risks associated with heavy metal contamination in the food chain. He has published over 375 peer-reviewed articles and is a Clarivate Web of Science highly cited researcher since 2000. His research has been recognized with numerous awards, including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024 and as President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry in 2013.
Affiliations and expertise
Discovery Leader, Sustainable Soils and Crops, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom