Cadmium phytotoxicity, tolerance, and advanced remediation approaches in agricultural soils; a comprehensive review

U Zulfiqar, W Jiang, W Xiukang, S Hussain… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cadmium (Cd) is a major environmental contaminant due to its widespread industrial use.
Cd contamination of soil and water is rather classical but has emerged as a recent problem …

Cadmium stress in paddy fields: effects of soil conditions and remediation strategies

B Hussain, MN Ashraf, A Abbas, J Li… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) toxicity in paddy soil and accumulation in rice plants and grains have got
global concern due to its health effects. This review highlights the effects of soil factors …

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production of digested sludge biochar and its application for ammonium removal from municipal wastewater

Y Tang, MS Alam, KO Konhauser, DS Alessi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water contamination by ammonium (NH 4+) can present considerable risks to natural
ecosystems. This work evaluates the potential application of biochar, produced from the …

Strategies for reducing cadmium accumulation in rice grains

B Hussain, MJ Umer, J Li, Y Ma, Y Abbas… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
A high concentration of toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd) in the paddy soils and its
translocation and subsequent accumulation in the rice grain and the food chain is a global …

Influence of rice straw biochar on growth, antioxidant capacity and copper uptake in ramie (Boehmeria nivea L.) grown as forage in aged copper-contaminated soil

M Rehman, L Liu, S Bashir, MH Saleem, C Chen… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Copper (Cu) contamination in agricultural soil poses severe threats to living organisms, and
possible ecofriendly solutions need to be considered for Cu immobilization, such as using …

Soil pH restricts the ability of biochar to passivate cadmium: A meta-analysis

B Wei, Y Peng, P Jeyakumar, L Lin, D Zhang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil acidification is the main cause for aggravation of soil cadmium (Cd) pollution. Biochar
treatment can increase the soil pH and decrease the Cd availability in soils. However, there …

Efficiency and surface characterization of different plant derived biochar for cadmium (Cd) mobility, bioaccessibility and bioavailability to Chinese cabbage in highly …

S Bashir, Q Hussain, M Shaaban, H Hu - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) contamination in red soil has become a serious environmental concern due
to its toxic effects on organisms and the food chain. Possible eco-friendly solutions for Cd …

Heavy metal stabilization remediation in polluted soils with stabilizing materials: a review

W Cui, X Li, W Duan, M Xie, X Dong - Environmental Geochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
The remediation of soil contaminated by heavy metals has long been a concern of
academics. This is due to the fact that heavy metals discharged into the environment as a …

Transport and transformation of Cd between biochar and soil under combined dry-wet and freeze-thaw aging

Z Meng, S Huang, T Xu, Y Deng, Z Lin, X Wang - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
We quantified the transport and transformation of Cd in historically contaminated soil (OS)
and artificially contaminated soil (NS), treated with 3%(w/w) rice straw biochar prepared at …

Effect of willow biochar and fly ash-derived zeolite in immobilizing heavy metals and promoting enzymatic activity in a contaminated sandy soil

K Gondek, M Mierzwa-Hersztek, R Jarosz - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
Great difficulties associated with the reclamation of contaminated soils make it necessary to
improve its methods and search for new, innovative technological solutions. Both biochars …