Evaluation of Cadmium Concentration in Wheat Crop Affected by Cropping System

Cadmium accumulation is a growing problem for foodstuff and the environment; it has negative impacts on humans including the damage to kidneys and liver tissue, as well as carcinogenesis, and emphysema.
The current research aimed at evaluating the effect of planting systems of agricultural products and different growth stages on cadmium concentration in wheat seed.
The study was carried out as a split plot experiment based a randomized complete-block design with 3 replications in the seasonal year of 2014 - 2015. The main factor included 2 cropping systems (wheat-rice, fallow-wheat) and the subfactor were the growth stages (tillering, flowering, and maturity). Comparison of the amount of wheat seed cadmium concentrations between the 2 cropping systems was performed by t test.
The difference in seed cadmium concentration between the 2 cropping systems was significant (P Due to high accumulation of cadmium in wheat yield, management of phosphate consumption based the standards of Soil and Water Research Institute is recommended.