Greatly enhanced arsenic shoot assimilation in rice leads to elevated grain levels compared to wheat and barley

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 6854-6859

  Williams, Paul N ^a   Villada, Antia ^a   Deacon, Claire ^a   Raab, Andrea ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^b   Green, Andrew J ^b   Feldmann, Jörg ^a   Meharg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

GRAIN TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL; SHOOT RATIO;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ECOSYSTEMS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

ARSENIC; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BARLEY; RICE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSLOCATION; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAIN; NONHUMAN; RICE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT;

ARSENIC; CEREALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORDEUM; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRITICUM;

ARKANSAS; CALIFORNIA; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35148827541     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070627i     Document Type: Article

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