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Arsenic Accumulation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Varieties of Bangladesh: A Glass House Study

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A glass house study was conducted to investigate the accumulation of arsenic in tissues of five widely cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) varieties of Bangladesh namely BRRI dhan 28, BRRI dhan 29, BRRI dhan 35, BRRI dhan 36, BRRI hybrid dhan 1. Arsenic concentrations were measured in straw, husk and brown and polish rice grain to see the differential accumulation of arsenic among the rice varieties. The results showed that the concentrations of arsenic in different parts of all rice varieties increased significantly (p < 0.05) with the increase of its concentrations in soil. The rice varieties did not showed significant differences in arsenic accumulation in straw, husk, brown and polish grain when the concentrations of arsenic in soil was low. However, at higher concentrations of arsenic in soil, different rice varieties showed significant differences in the accumulations of arsenic in straw, husk and grain. Significantly higher concentrations of arsenic in straw and husk of rice were observed in BRRI hybrid dhan 1 compared to those of other verities. The BRRI dhan 28 and 35 concentrated significantly higher amount of arsenic in brown and polish rice grain compared to those of other rice varieties. The results imply that arsenic translocation from root to shoot (straw) and husk was higher in hybrid variety compared to those of non-hybrid varieties. Arsenic concentrations in brown and polish rice grain of five rice varieties were found to follow the trend: BRRI dhan 28 > BRRI dhan 35 > BRRI dhan 36 > BRRI dhan 29 > BRRI hybrid dhan 1. The order of arsenic contents in tissues of rice was: straw > husk > brown rice grain > polish rice grain.

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The authors are grateful to the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) authority for their full cooperation and necessary facilities in conducting this experiment. The first author is thankful to the Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, for awarding the MSICT fellowship for this research work.

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  1. Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan

    M. Azizur Rahman & H. Hasegawa

  2. Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh

    M. Mahfuzur Rahman & M. Nazrul Islam

  3. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur, Bangladesh

    M. A. M. Miah

  4. Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh

    A. Tasmin

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Rahman, M.A., Hasegawa, H., Rahman, M.M. et al. Arsenic Accumulation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Varieties of Bangladesh: A Glass House Study. Water Air Soil Pollut 185, 53–61 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-007-9425-x

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