Arsenic accumulation in maize crop (Zea mays): A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 176-187

  Rosas Castor, J M ^a   Guzman Mar J L ^a   Hernandez Ramirez A ^a   Garza Gonzalez M T ^a   Hinojosa Reyes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic accumulation; Arsenic phytotoxicity; Cereal crop; Corn; Phytoavailability

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROUNDWATER; SOILS;

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; CEREAL CROP; CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); PHYTOAVAILABILITY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ARSENIC; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TOXICITY;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ASIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CEREAL; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOAVAILABILITY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA;

ARSENIC ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC PHYTOTOXICITY; CEREAL CROP; CORN; PHYTOAVAILABILITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84900029560     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.075     Document Type: Review

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