Possible cause of inhibition of seed germination in two rice cultivars by heavy metals Pb2+ and Hg2+

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1111-1119

  Gautam, Madhu ^a   Sengar, R S ^b   Chaudhary, Reshu ^b   Sengar, Kalpana ^b   Garg, Sanjay ^c  

^a Institute of Management Studies   (India)

^b SVB Patel University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

^c M J P ROHILKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Lead; Mercury; Rice seeds; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE ACTIVITY; DRY WEIGHT; EMBRYO GROWTH; HEAVY METAL LEAD; IN-VITRO; INHIBITORY EFFECT; ORYZA SATIVA; RICE CULTIVARS; RICE SEED; ROOT LENGTH; SEED GERMINATION; SEEDLING GROWTH; SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES; STARCH CONTENTS;

CARBOHYDRATES; FORESTRY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLUBILITY; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SEED;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CATION; CULTIVAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; INHIBITOR; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RICE; SEED; STARCH; SUCROSE; TOLERANCE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77953090579     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240903306375     Document Type: Article

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