Characterization of mercury species in brown and white rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in water-saving paddies

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1283-1289

  Rothenberg, Sarah E ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Dong, Bin ^b   Shang, Lihai ^a   Yin, Runsheng ^a   Yuan, Xiaobo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Methylmercury; Milled white rice; Translocation; Water saving paddies

Indexed keywords

BROWN RICE; CONTAMINATED SITES; FLOODED CONDITIONS; IRRIGATION PRACTICES; MERCURY SPECIES; METHYL MERCURY; MILLED WHITE RICE; ORYZA SATIVA; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE GRAINS; TRANSLOCATION; WATER-SAVING; WATER-SAVING PADDIES; WHITE RICE;

MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER CONSERVATION;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; ZINC;

CULTIVATION; METHYLMERCURY; PADDY FIELD; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSPERM; NONHUMAN; RICE; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDOSPERM; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORYZA SATIVA; WATER;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 79954414525     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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