Cadmium Contamination in Soils and Plants
Mechanisms and Mitigation
- 1st Edition - July 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 living s… Read more
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.
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, linked to dietary exposure and health risk appraisal.
- Outlines practical solutions such as immobilizing amendments, agronomic tactics, crop breeding and biotechnology for low accumulation, and phytoremediation strategies.
Researchers and academics in plant science, agricultural science, soil science, environmental science. Researchers and academics in food safety and public health.
1. Introduction
2. Analytical methods for cadmium in soil-plant systems
3. Global pattern of cadmium contamination in soil
4. Emissions and atmospheric deposition of cadmium
5. Inputs and outputs of cadmium in agricultural systems, excluding atmospheric deposition
6. Sorption, desorption, and complexation of cadmium in soil and modelling
7. Transformation of cadmium in paddy soil
8. Impact of cadmium on soil microorganisms and fauna
9. Assessment of cadmium bioavailability in soil
10. Uptake and translocation of cadmium by plants
11. Toxicity and detoxification of cadmium in plants
12. Cadmium hyperaccumulation by plants
13. Role of mycorrhiza in cadmium uptake and detoxification
14. Modeling cadmium transfer from soil to crops
15. Dietary intake of cadmium and impact on human health
16. Risk assessments of cadmium contamination in soil
17. Amendments and agronomic practices to immobilize cadmium in soil
18. Breeding and biotechnology to limit cadmium accumulation in crops
19. Phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soil
2. Analytical methods for cadmium in soil-plant systems
3. Global pattern of cadmium contamination in soil
4. Emissions and atmospheric deposition of cadmium
5. Inputs and outputs of cadmium in agricultural systems, excluding atmospheric deposition
6. Sorption, desorption, and complexation of cadmium in soil and modelling
7. Transformation of cadmium in paddy soil
8. Impact of cadmium on soil microorganisms and fauna
9. Assessment of cadmium bioavailability in soil
10. Uptake and translocation of cadmium by plants
11. Toxicity and detoxification of cadmium in plants
12. Cadmium hyperaccumulation by plants
13. Role of mycorrhiza in cadmium uptake and detoxification
14. Modeling cadmium transfer from soil to crops
15. Dietary intake of cadmium and impact on human health
16. Risk assessments of cadmium contamination in soil
17. Amendments and agronomic practices to immobilize cadmium in soil
18. Breeding and biotechnology to limit cadmium accumulation in crops
19. Phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soil
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao is a professor of Environmental Science at Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He received his PhD at Newcastle University, U.K. Prior to taking up the current position in 2012, he worked at Rothamsted Research, U.K. for over 20 years. His research focuses on the biogeochemistry of essential trace elements and toxic metals/metalloids in soil-plant systems, molecular mechanisms of trace element uptake by plants, biofortification of essential micronutrients and bioremediation of contaminated soils. He has co-authored two books and published over 400 peer-reviewed journal papers, which have been cited >47,000 times (H index = 122, Web of Science). He is a Highly Cited Researcher designated by Clarivate Analytics (2017 – 2023). He received The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in Agricultural Science and the International Fertilizer Association’s Norman Borlaug Plant Nutrition award in 2022. He is a section editor for Plant and Soil, associate editor for European Journal of Soil Science, editorial advisor for New Phytologist and Environmental Pollution.
Affiliations and expertise
Nanjing Agricultural University, ChinaPW
Peng Wang
Peng Wang is a professor at Nanjing Agricultural University in China. He earned his PhD in July 2011 from the Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Following the completion of his doctoral studies, he pursued a postdoctoral position focusing on plant nutrition at The University of Queensland, Australia. Since January 1, 2013, he was appointed as ARC DECRA research fellow and Lecturer in Plant Physiology and Soil Chemistry. In March 2016, he was appointed as a full professor at Nanjing Agricultural University. Professor Wang's research centers on the biogeochemistry of trace elements, particularly their implications for food safety, production, and human health. He has co-authored 140 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and three book chapters since 2008. Notably, over 70% of these articles have been published in the top 10% of journals ranked by ISI in terms of impact factor. He has a total of citations of 7500 with a H-index of 43. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2022.
Affiliations and expertise
Nanjing Agricultural University, ChinaSM
Steve McGrath
Steve P. McGrath was awarded a BSc and PhD in Plant Sciences by the University of Sheffield, U.K. He was a Programme Leader and Head of Department and is now Discovery Leader at Rothamsted Research, U.K. His research includes biogeochemistry, environmental science, soil science, soil microbiology, biofortification, plant and crop science. His focus is on nutrients and contaminants in relation to agriculture, addressing food security and human dietary implications across the both the developed and developing world. He has published >380 peer reviewed works, with an average of 116 citations per paper, total 44,105, and his H-index is 111. He has been designated as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2003. In the U.K. he was awarded the Society of Chemical Industry’s Environment Medal and the Royal Agricultural Society’s Research Medal. He was elected as President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry, Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Selenium Research and Honorary Member of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Rothamsted Research, UK