Thiago Assis Rodrigues Nogueira, Takashi Muraoka, Laís Karina Silveira, Jamile Santos da Silva, Cassio Hamilton Abreu-Junior, José Lavres, Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli, Marcelo Carvalho Minhoto Teixeira Filho, Zhenli He, Arun Dilipkumar Jani, Antonio Ganga, Gian Franco Capra
With its accumulation in upland rice, cadmium (Cd) can easily enter the human food chain, which poses a global health threat considering nearly half of the human population depends on rice as a staple food source. A study was conducted to (1) evaluate Cd accumulation by rice cultivars, grown in Cd-polluted Tropical Oxisols, with different levels of Cd tolerance; (2) quantify Cd transfer from soil to rice shoots and grain; and (3) estimate daily Cd intake by humans. Three rice cultivars, characterized by low (Cateto Seda-CS), medium (BRSMG Talento-BT), and high (BRSMG Caravera-BC) Cd uptake capacity, were investigated...
December 10, 2021: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment