Using optimized monochromatic energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence to determine the cadmium concentration in cacao and soil samples

0

2024

Heliyon

Vulnerability to climate change of cultivated and wild cacao in Ecuador

0

2024

Climatic Change

Biological soil health indicators are sensitive to shade tree management in a young cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) production system

1

2024

Geoderma Regional

The economic costs of cadmium non-tariff measures for smallholder cocoa farmers in Ecuador

1

2024

World Economy

Cadmium speciation in cacao beans changes during a fermentation-like incubation

1

2024

Food Chemistry

Cadmium (Cd) distribution and soil-plant relationship in cacao farms in Costa Rica

2

2023

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Heavy metal(loid)s contamination in water and sediments in a mining area in Ecuador: a comprehensive assessment for drinking water quality and human health risk

12

2023

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Soil amendments to reduce cadmium in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.): A comprehensive field study in Ecuador.

3

2023

Chemosphere

Revealing the pathways of cadmium uptake and translocation in cacao trees (Theobroma cacao L.): A ¹⁰⁸Cd pulse-chase experiment

9

2023

Science of the Total Environment

Monitoring cadmium concentrations in cacao: inter-laboratory variation and the effect of sample size on variability among ready-for-sale beans

1

2023

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Cadmium fractionation in soils affected by organic matter application: Transfer of cadmium to cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) tissues

4

2022

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Cadmium-Tolerant Bacteria in Cacao Farms from Antioquia, Colombia: Isolation, Characterization and Potential Use to Mitigate Cadmium Contamination

5

2022

Processes

Reducing cadmium bioaccumulation in Theobroma cacao using biochar: basis for scaling-up to field

19

2022

Heliyon

Gypsum application lowers cadmium uptake in cacao in soils with high cation exchange capacity only: A soil chemical analysis

7

2022

European Journal of Soil Science

Cadmium migration from nib to testa during cacao fermentation is driven by nib acidification

6

2022

LWT

Probabilistic multi-pathway human health risk assessment due to heavy metal(loid)s in a traditional gold mining area in Ecuador

48

2021

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Apparent nitrogen limitation of Robusta coffee yields in young agroforestry systems

3

2021

Agronomy Journal

Ecological and probabilistic human health risk assessment of heavy metal(loid)s in river sediments affected by mining activities in Ecuador

25

2021

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Mitigating the level of cadmium in cacao products: Reviewing the transfer of cadmium from soil to chocolate bar

54

2021

Science of the Total Environment

Surface soil liming reduces cadmium uptake in cacao seedlings but subsurface uptake is enhanced

15

2020

Journal of Environmental Quality

Adsorption of Cadmium Using Biochars Produced from Agro-Residues

39

2020

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The impact of fermentation on the distribution of cadmium in cacao beans

26

2020

Food Research International

Soil properties and agronomic factors affecting cadmium concentrations in cacao beans: A nationwide survey in Ecuador

125

2019

Science of the Total Environment

Evaluation of soil amendments as a remediation alternative for cadmium-contaminated soils under cacao plantations

25

2016

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Chemical speciation of cadmium: An approach to evaluate plant-available cadmium in Ecuadorian soils under cacao production

57

2016

Chemosphere

Concentration of cadmium in cacao beans and its relationship with soil cadmium in southern Ecuador

140

2015

Science of the Total Environment