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In this research, the relative performance in arsenic (As) remediation was evaluated among some barnyard grass and rice species under hydroponic conditions. To this end, four barnyard grass varieties and two rice species were selected and tested for their remediation potential of arsenic. The plants were grown for 2 weeks in As-rich solutions up to 10 mg As L−1 to measure their tolerance to As and their uptake capabilities. Among the varieties of plants tested in all treatment types, BR-29 rice absorbed the highest amount of As in the root, while Nipponbare translocated the maximum amount of As in the shoot. Himetainubie barnyard grass produced the highest biomass, irrespective of the quantity of As in the solution. In all As-treated solutions, the maximum uptake of As was found in BR-29 followed by Choto shama and Himetainubie. In contrast, while the bioaccumulation factor was found to be the highest in Nipponbare followed by BR-29 and Himetainubie. The results suggest that both Choto shama and Himetainubie barnyard grass varieties should exhibit a great potential for As removal, while BR-29 and Nipponbare rice species are the best option for arsenic phytoremediation.
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The authors are grateful to Dr. Keiko Yamaji, associate professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, for her valuable suggestions during the entire experiment and during the statistical analysis. The authors thankfully acknowledge the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, Science and Technology, Japan, for providing financial support in the form of Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship for the completion of this research. The third author acknowledges the partial support for his engagement in the data evaluation by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (grant number 2013004624).
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Sultana, R., Kobayashi, K. & Kim, KH. Comparison of arsenic uptake ability of barnyard grass and rice species for arsenic phytoremediation. Environ Monit Assess 187, 4101 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4101-2
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