BIOAVAILABILITY OF CADMIUM 
    Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)
    pH
    Soil Amendments
    Competitive Cations
    Fertilizer
    Mycorrhizae
    Chelation
       Phytochelatins (PCs)
       Phytochelatin Effectiveness
       Role of Sulfur in PCs
       Oxidative Stress
       Translocation
       Metallothioneins
       Organic Acids
       EDTA / EGTA

CADMIUM TOLERANCE AND
ACCUMULATION IN PLANTS
    Cell Wall Binding
    Reduced Transport
    Compartmentalization
    Chelation
    Phytoextraction factors
       Table 1.  Plant Accumulation
       Hyperaccumulators

CONCLUSIONS

LINKS

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
 
 
 
 
 

Table 1. Concentration of Cd in roots and shoots of various species in mg Kg-1, S/R ratios and Cd supplied (Sup) in the growth substrate (Sub), also in mg Kg-1
 
 

Plant	Sup	Shoot	Root	S/R	Sub	Source
maize	15	10	76	.13	water	Lozano-Rodriguez et al. 1997
pea	15	10	64	.16	water	Lozano-Rodriguez et al. 1997
cucumber	2.5	1.58	8.68	.18	water	Tack et al. 1998
lettuce	3.5	-	-	>5	water	McKenna et al. 1993
spinach	3.5	-	-	>5	water	McKenna et al. 1993
Brassica	1.0	.180	-	-	paper	BZ580 Lab, CSU, 2000
cowpea	2.0	1.1	7.9	.13	soil	Panwar et al. 1999
mungbean	2.0	1.6	6.3	.25	soil	Panwar et al. 1999
willow	-	1.8	-	-	soil	Andersson, 1977
wheat	-	0.1	-	-	soil	Eriksson, 1990
radish	40	13	3	4.3	water	Lorenz, 1994
soybean	-	-	-	.02	soil	Prasad, 1995
rye	18	16.2	-	-	soil	Mench et al. 1994
tobacco	18	120	-	-	soil	Mench et al. 1994
barley	45	17	196	.09	soil	Vassilev et al. 1998
lettuce	5.5	29	-	-	soil	Brown et al. 1995
Silene	5.5	19	-	-	soil	Brown et al. 1995
Thlaspi	5.5	29	-	-	soil	Brown et al. 1995
Thlaspi	-	164	-	-	soil	Baker et al. 1994
Thlaspi	500	2700	-	-	soil	Lombi et al. 2000

    

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