Methylmercury Accumulation in Rice: Process and Regulation

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge related to concerns about methylmercury (MeHg) in the soil-rice system. It covers increasing concerns about human exposure to methylmercury through the consumption of Hg-contaminated rice and shows the global contamination of soil and how Hg can be mobilized, immobilized, methylated, and demethylated in soils. The authors present the biogeochemical process through which rice plants accumulate Hg. This book comprehensively displays the biogeochemical behavior of Hg in paddy soils and rice plants, as well as the current remediation technologies to mitigate Hg risks from paddy soil ecosystems.

Features:

• Provides cutting-edge knowledge on mercury in paddy field ecosystems
• Discusses the key biogeochemical transformation processes of mercury in soil
• Explains the accumulation processes of mercury in rice plants
• Includes case studies on how to inhibit mercury accumulation in rice plants
• Shows the application of Hg stable isotope traces in paddy soil-rice field studies

Intended for researchers, graduate students, and professionals working in fields such as Geochemistry, Agronomy, and Environmental Science and Engineering, this book will be an important resource for anyone interested in Hg contamination in soils and rice and the related risk for human and environmental health.

Dr. Xinbin Feng is a Distinguished Professor at State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, IGCAS, Guiyang, China. He received his BSc in Geochemical Exploration from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), 1988; his MSc in Environmental Geochemistry from the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGCAS), 1994; and his PhD in Environmental Geochemistry, IGCAS, 1997. Since the year 2000 he has published more than 370 papers in internationally referenced journals.

Dr. Jianxu Wang is a Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his B.Sc. in 2007 from North-West Agriculture and Forestry University, Xianyang City, Shanxi Province, China, and his Ph.D. in 2013 from the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China. Dr. Jörg Rinklebe is a Professor for Soil- and Groundwater-Management at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of biogeochemistry of trace elements in wetland soils.

Dr. Jörg Rinklebe is a Professor of Soil- and Groundwater-Management at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is internationally recognized for his research in the areas of biogeochemistry of trace elements in wetland soils. Dr. Rinklebe has published over 500 research papers, and four books entitled "Trace Elements in Waterlogged Soils and Sediments” (2016), “Nickel in Soils and Plants” (2018), “Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies” (2020), and “Vanadium in Soils and Plants” (2022) as well as numerous book chapters. He is the Editor of the international journal Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (CREST). He is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Environment, Energy and Geoinformatics at Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea, and Guest Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Recently, Dr. Rinklebe was elected as Vice President of the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB).