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Arsenic uptake and phytotoxicity of T-aman rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in the As-amended soil of Bangladesh

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A pot-culture experiment was conducted in open-field conditions with highly cultivated locally transplanted (T) aman rice (Oryza sativa L.) named BR-22 in arsenic (As)-amended soil (0, 1.0, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0 and 50.0 mg kg−1 As) of Bangladesh to see the effect of As on the growth, yield and metal uptake of rice. Arsenic was applied to soil in the form of sodium arsenate (Na2HAsO4). Arsenic affected the plant height, tiller and panicle numbers, grain and straw yield of T-aman rice significantly (P ≤ 0.05). The grain As uptake of T-aman rice was found to increase with increase of As in soil and a high grain As uptake was observed in the treatments of 30–50 mg kg−1 As-containing soil. These levels exceed the food hygiene concentration limit of 1.0 mg kg−1 As. However, the straw As uptake varied significantly (P ≤ 0.05) from a low concentration of As in soil (5 mg kg−1) and the highest uptake was noticed in 20 mg kg−1 As treatment.

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This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Information Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, during the period of 2003–2004 (grant no. 410). The authors are grateful to the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Rajshahi Station, for supplying the rice seedlings and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Savar, Dhaka, for the arsenic analysis from rice grain and straw.

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  1. Institute of Environmental Science, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh

    Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Md. Nozrul Islam & Ashraful Alam

  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh

    Hasan Mahmud, M. A. Islam, M. Rezaul Karim & Matiar Rahman

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Azad, M.A.K., Islam, M.N., Alam, A. et al. Arsenic uptake and phytotoxicity of T-aman rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown in the As-amended soil of Bangladesh. Environmentalist 29, 436–440 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-009-9235-3

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