Foliar application with nano-silicon alleviates Cd toxicity in rice seedlings

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2837-2845

  Wang, Shihua ^a,b   Wang, Fayuan ^a,c   Gao, Shuangcheng ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Cadmium; Fertilization; Nano silicon; Oxidative stress; Rice

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; OXIDATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RICE; SEEDLING; SILICON; TRANSLOCATION;

ORYZA SATIVA;

CADMIUM; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; FERTILIZER; GLUTATHIONE; HEAVY METAL; MALONALDEHYDE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HYDROPONICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RICE; SEEDLING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADMIUM; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROPONICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METALS, HEAVY; NANOPARTICLES; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDLING; SILICON; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84924787823     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3525-0     Document Type: Article

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