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Combining paecilomyces variotii extracts and biochar for the remediation of alkaline Cd-contaminated soil

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Excessive cadmium (Cd) in soils is a serious threat to food safety. Combinations of fungal endophytes and biochar have been shown to restrict Cd accumulation in crop plants, but the interactions of Paecilomyces variotii extracts (ZNC) and biochar on the remediation of alkaline Cd-contaminated soil remain unclear. This work aimed to study the Cd immobilization ability by amendment with ZNC and biochar via column experiments. The results indicated that ZNC alleviated the inhibition of Cd on photosynthesis of maize, thus supporting Cd resistance by growth promotion. Biochar promoted the conversion of exchangeable Cd into a less-available form, which reduced the content of DTPA-extractable Cd by 4.93 ~ 21.28% and − 0.83 ~ 19.51% in the 0–10- and 10–20-cm soil layers, respectively. The combination of biochar and ZNC substantially reduced Cd concentrations in maize plants, with more significantly lower grain Cd concentrations in higher biochar dosage treatments. These findings indicate that the combination of ZNC and biochar has significant potential to promote plant growth by altering Cd bioavailability and Cd tolerance in alkaline Cd-contaminated soil.

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This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 41807092), the Open Project of Liaocheng University Animal Husbandry Discipline (no. 319312101–18), the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (KJ2018BAF034), and the Startup Foundation for Ph.D. of Liaocheng University (318051839).

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Xinran Guo took part in data curation, investigation, and original draft writing; Jiyao Xu took part in methodology and material preparation; Dongyu He and Derui Bu involved in data collection and analysis; Yanyan Lu took part in formal analysis; Youxin Zhao and Yurong Chen took part in review and editing; Xiaofei Tian took part in conceptualization, writing—review and editing.

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Guo, X., Xu, J., He, D. et al. Combining paecilomyces variotii extracts and biochar for the remediation of alkaline Cd-contaminated soil. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03308-0

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