Cadmium Toxicity Mitigation

Dr. Amrit Kumar Jha is Scientist (Soil Science) and Head at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sahibganj, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. Dr. Jha completed his doctoral research in subject Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry from Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. He has more than 18 years of research experience in the field of soil chemistry, soil fertility, and soil pollution. He has published more than 40 research articles in cadmiuming international and national journals, more than 11 technical bulletins and 2 books. He has received many awards such as Young Scientist Award conferred by Society of Krishi Vigyan in 2018, Best KVK Scientist Award conferred by Indian Society of Extension Education in 2018 and Best KVK Scientist Award conferred by Society of Krishi Vigyan in 2020.Dr. Nitish Kumar is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya, Bihar, India. Dr. Kumar completed his doctoral research at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research–Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. He has published more than 70 research articles in cadmiuming international and national journals, more than 20 book chapters and 10 books with Springer and Taylor & Francis. He has a wide area of research experience in the field of Agriculture & Crop improvement, and Microbial & Environmental Biotechnology. Dr. Kumar is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in 2014 He has received many awards/fellowships/projects from various prestigious government organizations like CSIR, DBT, ICAR and SERB-DST, BRNS-BARC, among others. He is a reviewer for various International Journals and serves as an associate editor of the journal Gene (Elsevier).

• Part 1: Cadmium in the Environment.- The cadmium in soil and plants.- Speciation, mobilization and toxicity of cadmium in soil-microbe-plant system: An overview.- Part 2: Cadmium Toxicity and Health.- Human Health Effects of chronic Cadmium Exposure.- Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity.- Part 3: Sustainable Nexus Solution of  Cadmium Toxicity.-Biological interventions in bioremediation of cadmium poisoning.- Microbial tolerance strategies against cadmium toxicity.- Cadmium toxicity and role of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria in Phytoremediation .- Antioxidant defence: A key mechanism of cadmium tolerance.- Phytoremediation: A promising approach for Re-vegetation of cadmium polluted land.- Cadmium toxicity in plants and its amelioration.- Priming, Cd tolerance and phytoremediation.- Unraveling the adsorption process of Cd2+ on bio-adsorbents: Experimental and theoretical points of view.- Phytoremediation of cadmium contaminated soil.- Molecular Mechanismof Tolerance of Cadmium Toxicity in Plants.- Oxidative Stress in Cadmium Toxicity in Animals and Its Amelioration.