Evaluation of soil amendments as a remediation alternative for cadmium-contaminated soils under cacao plantations

Elevated plant-available cadmium (Cd) in soils results in contamination to cacao ( Theobroma cacao L) beans. Effectiveness of vermicompost and zeolite in reducing available Cd in three cacao-growing soils was studied under laboratory conditions. Sorption–desorption experiments were conducted in soil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2016-09, Vol.23 (17), p.17571-17580
Hauptverfasser: Chavez, E., He, Z. L., Stoffella, P. J., Mylavarapu, R., Li, Y., Baligar, V. C.
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