Cadmium concentration in grains of Japanese wheat cultivars: Genotypic difference and relationship with agronomic characteristics

Plant Production Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Kubo, Katashi ^a,c   Watanabe, Yoshiaki ^b   Oyanagi, Atsushi ^a   Kaneko, Shigenobu ^a   Chono, Makiko ^a   Matsunaka, Hitoshi ^a   Seki, Masako ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Genotypic variation; Grain; Heavy metal; Soil contamination; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43049112488     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.11.243     Document Type: Article

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