Uptake of arsenic in rice plant varieties cultivated with arsenic rich groundwater

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 34-37

  Bhattacharya, Piyal ^a   Samal, Alok Chandra ^a   Majumdar, Jayjit ^a   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Irrigation water; Rice (Oryza sativa L.); West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION;

INDIA; NADIA; WEST BENGAL;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77956972986     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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