Journal
SOIL SYSTEMS
Volume 6, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems6020036
Keywords
food safety; multivariate regression; redox; soil extraction; soil amendment; sulfur
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Funding
- Swiss National Science Foundation [IZLCZ2_170120]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21661132001]
- Sino-Swiss Science and Technology Cooperation (SSSTC) Project
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [IZLCZ2_170120] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Paddy soils in southern China are contaminated by arsenic and cadmium, posing a threat to human health. The quantitative understanding of how soil characteristics influence the accumulation of these contaminants in rice grains is still lacking. Based on soil-grain samples collected in the region, this study found that CaCl2 extraction of field-moist soil provided the best estimation for grain cadmium, while parameters from other soil analyses did not improve the prediction of grain arsenic. The study suggests the importance of soil-available sulfur in controlling grain arsenic.
Paddy soils in some areas of southern China are contaminated by arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd), threatening human health via the consumption of As- and/or Cd-tainted rice. To date, a quantitative understanding of how soil characteristics control As and Cd accumulation in rice grains under field conditions is still deficient. Based on 31 paired soil-grain samples collected in southern China, we statistically explored which soil parameter or parameter combination from various soil analyses best estimates As and Cd in rice. We found that CaCl2 extraction of field-moist soil collected at rice harvest provided the best estimation (R-adj(2) = 0.47-0.60) for grain Cd followed by dry soil CaCl2 extraction (R-adj(2 )= 0.38-0.49), where CaCl2 extractable Cd from moist or dry soil was the dominant soil parameter. Compared to soil totals, parameters from neither dry soil ascorbate-citrate extraction nor anoxic soil incubation improved model performance for grain As (R-adj(2) <= 0.44), despite their closer relevance to soil redox conditions during plant As uptake. A key role of soil-available sulfur in controlling grain As was suggested by our models. Our approach and results may help develop potential soil amendment strategies for decreasing As and/or Cd accumulation from soils.
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