Abstract:
: Objective The aim was to investigate the effects of different cadmium (Cd) concentrations on the growth of rice and wheat and the absorption of Cd in grain in different pH values of soil in Sichuan.
Method Soil samples from the 0 ~ 20 cm of cultivated land in three typical agricultural lands in Sichuan were collected: Yellow-red soil, fluvo-aquic soil and acidic purple soil, and 0 ~ 10.00 mg kg−1 exogenous Cd was added to the samples. The relationship between soil and the growth of rice and wheat and the absorption of Cd in grain was analyzed by pot experiment. On the premise of ensuring that the content of Cd in rice and wheat grains meets the pollutant limits of national food safety standards, the safety critical values of Cd in soil of three rice and wheat producing areas were evaluated.
Result The results showed that the plant height, stem dry weight and grain dry weight of rice and wheat showed a trend of first increase and then decrease with the gradual increase of exogenous Cd concentration. At the same time, the increase of Cd concentration also resulted in the decrease of SPAD value in leaves, while the Cd uptake in stems and grains increased significantly. According to the pollutant limits of the national standard for food safety, the critical values of total Cd in the three soils of yellow-red soil, fluvo-aquic soil and acidic purple soil planted by rice and wheat were 0.57 ~ 2.74 mg kg−1 and 0.06 ~ 0.40 mg kg−1, respectively. The critical values of effective Cd ranged from 0.08 ~ 0.19 mg kg−1 and from 0.01 ~ 0.03 mg kg−1, respectively.
Conclusion The study showed that the critical value of total Cd in the three soils planted in rice and the yellow-red soil planted in wheat was higher than the current risk screening value (GB15618-2018). Among them, yellow-red soil had a higher Cd critical value, followed by acidic purple soil, and fluvo-aquic soil had the lowest value. In addition, the critical value of soil Cd exhibited a positive correlation with soil pH and the content of organic matter.