The paper summarizes progresses in the field of plants response to cadmium(Cd), an important and widespread heavy metal in enviroment.We analyse the toxic effects of Cd on plants and discuss the response mechanisms of plants to Cd stress including exclusion, immobilization and compartmentalization of the ions, synthesis of phytochelatins and metallothionein, inducements of stess protein and stess ethylene. The higher plants are able to uptake Cd depending on concentration and bioavailability of Cd in the ...