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Compost improved cadmium-weakened maize condition.
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e0“Compost and HumiAgra significantly improved the condition of Zea mays plants weakened by cadmium exposure.”
Title
Cadmium Toxicity to Zea mays and Its Implications for the Uptake of Other Heavy Metals by the Plant
Jadwiga Wyszkowska; Agata Borowik; Magdalena Zaborowska; et al. Molecules 2026. doi:10.3390/molecules31081317
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- Intervention effect Cadmium reduced maize leaf greenness by 21%.
- Intervention effect Cadmium reduced maize aboveground biomass by 85%.
- Intervention effect Cadmium reduced maize root biomass by 77%.
- Intervention effect Excess cadmium increased transfer of multiple metals from roots to shoots.
- Intervention effect Excess cadmium limited uptake of multiple metals.
- Intervention effect Organic sorbents except starch mitigated cadmium effects on greenness.
- Intervention effect HumiAgra improved cadmium-weakened maize condition.
- Association Soil pH correlated positively with maize yield and greenness.
- Association Soil pH correlated negatively with cadmium translocation and shoot content.
- Recommendation Compost and humic acids are recommended to remediate cadmium-contaminated soils.