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Cadmium Accumulation in the Edible Parts of Different Cultivars of Radish, Raphanus sativus L., and Carrot, Daucus carota var. sativa, Grown in a Cd-contaminated Soil

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Cadmium accumulation among 12 cultivars of radish (Raphanus sativus) and 10 cultivars of carrot (Daucus carota var. sativa) was studied in a Cd-contaminated soil. The Cd concentration in the edible parts of radish and carrot ranged from 0.04 to 0.14 and 0.14 to 0.19 mg kg−1 fresh weight, respectively. All the tested carrot cultivars and 33% of the tested radish cultivars exceeded the Chinese allowable limit for Cd. The study showed a greater scope for selecting radish cultivars than for carrot to avoid the excess of the Cd limit when grown on lightly contaminated soils.

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The authors are grateful to the financial support from the key project of Ministry of Agriculture, China (Project number: 2003-Z53), and from the vegetable technological project of Beijing Agricultural Bureau. H. F. Li was supported by China Scholarship Council for a study visit to Rothamsted Research. We thank Dr. Fangjie Zhao for his helpful comments and polishing of the English on the manuscript during the study in Rothamsted Research.

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    Rui-Lun Zheng, Hua-Fen Li, Rong-Feng Jiang & Fu-Suo Zhang

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Zheng, RL., Li, HF., Jiang, RF. et al. Cadmium Accumulation in the Edible Parts of Different Cultivars of Radish, Raphanus sativus L., and Carrot, Daucus carota var. sativa, Grown in a Cd-contaminated Soil. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 81, 75–79 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-008-9410-0

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