A review of the arsenic concentration in paddy rice from the perspective of geoscience

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-122

  Sahoo, Prafulla Kumar ^a   Kim, Kangjoo ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

arsenic; bioavailability; rice; soil rhizosphere plant system; uptake mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874932012     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12303-013-0004-4     Document Type: Review

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