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Silicon-mediated alleviation of cadmium toxicity in soil–plant system: historical review

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The contamination of crops by Cd is a worldwide problem that needs to be addressed for minimizing risk for human health. Today, numerous investigations have demonstrated that Si plays a role in reducing Cd toxicity and accumulation in cultivated plants. The evolution of scientific understanding — the Cd behavior in soil and in plant is discussed for the first time. Our analysis evidences that the research on Si-Cd interactions in the soil–plant system has quickened only in recent years, although basic interactions between silicic acid and Cd cations in aqueous systems were studied over 40–50 years ago. Today, numerous direct and indirect mechanisms of the Si impact on mobility and translocation of Cd in soil and in plants are reported. More productive studies in this area are those that considered the soil–plant system as a whole. Analysis of the development of the Cd-Si-related ideas suggests the prospects of further studies aimed at finding synergetic action of Si and other substances on Cd behavior in the soil–plant system.

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This work was financially supported by Hunan Provincial Base for Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation, China (2018WK4013); China Central Guide the Development of Local Science and Technology Special Funds (2017XF5042); the Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province, China (2019WK2031); and by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russian Federation, theme 121040500136–7 and 121040800103–6.

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    Pengbo Zhang, Xiao Wei, Qiang Zhan & Vladimir Matichenkov

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  3. Institute Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290, Russia

    Elena Bocharnikova & Vladimir Matichenkov

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Zhang, P., Wei, X., Zhang, Y. et al. Silicon-mediated alleviation of cadmium toxicity in soil–plant system: historical review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 48617–48627 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-25983-w

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