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A pot experiment (50 days) was conducted to understand the dynamic accumulation of Cd by pak choi grown in artificially contaminated soils. The edible parts of pak choi were sampled and analyzed every 2\u20133 days. The dry weight (DW) of pak choi was an exponential function of leaf length, leaf width, and chlorophyll content. The accumulation of Cd increased when the soil Cd concentration was raised, but was kept at a constant level during different growth stages. Pak choi had a high bioconcentration factor (BCF = ratio of the concentration in the edible parts to that in the soils), at values of 3.5\u20134.0. The consumption of pak choi grown in soils contaminated at levels used in this study would result in the ingestion of impermissible amounts of Cd and could possibly have harmful effects on health.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph10115284","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,28]],"date-time":"2013-10-28T09:07:13Z","timestamp":1382951233000},"page":"5284-5298","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["The Dynamic Growth Exhibition and Accumulation of Cadmium of Pak Choi (Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis) Grown in Contaminated Soils"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Hung-Yu","family":"Lai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Post-Modern Agriculture, MingDao University, No. 369, Wenhua Rd., Peetow, Changhua County 52345, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bo-Ching","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Post-Modern Agriculture, MingDao University, No. 369, Wenhua Rd., Peetow, Changhua County 52345, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"568","DOI":"10.2134\/jeq1988.00472425001700040008x","article-title":"Relative concentrations of cadmium and zinc in tissue of selected food plants grown on sludge-treated soils","volume":"17","author":"Kim","year":"1988","journal-title":"J. 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