Arsenic and Cadmium Toxicity in Agriculture System

During recent years, rapid increase in population coupled with fast urbanization is causing serious environmental problems, including the production and release of considerable amounts of toxic waste materials into environment. Among all the heavy metals, arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) are highly bioactive and toxic elements and their presence at elevated levels in soils and drinking water is threatening the food safety and human health. This book describes the consequences of As and Cd toxicity in soil, plants, animals and humans.

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Dr. Sushma Yadav and Dr. Kshama Shukla both have done their Ph.D in Botany from prestigious Department of Botany of University of Lucknow, India. Dr. Shukla has also presented several papers in various conferences, authoredbooks on plant nutrition and biotechnology and have several publications in prestigious journals.