title: Field evidence of cadmium phytoavailability decreased effectively by rape straw and/or red mud with zinc sulphate in a Cd-contaminated calcareous soil.
abstract: To reduce Cd phytoavailability in calcareous soils, the effects of soil amendments of red mud, rape straw, and corn straw in combination with zinc fertilization on Cd extractability and phytoavailability to spinach, tomato, Chinese cabbage and radish were investigated in a calcareous soil with added Cd at 1.5 mg kg-1. The results showed that water soluble and exchangeable Cd in soils was significantly decreased by the amendments themselves from 26% to 70%, which resulted in marked decrease by approximately from 34% to 77% in Cd concentration in vegetables. The amendments plus Zn fertilization further decreased the Cd concentration in vegetables. Also cruciferous rape straw was more effective than gramineous corn straw. In all treatments, rape straw plus red mud combined with Zn fertilization was most effective in decreasing Cd phytoavailability in soils, and it is potential to be an efficient and cost-effective measure to ensure food safety for vegetable production in mildly Cd-contaminated calcareous soils.
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China; Institute of Plant Nutrition and Environmental Resources, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China; Centre for Environmental Remediation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Junxing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dongpu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Shibao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jumei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: National Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Effects Long-term Monitoring Network, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yibing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D029741:Brassica rapa; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D019287:Zinc Sulfate
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium; D019287:Zinc Sulfate