Arsenic & Rice

• Main Authors: Meharg, Andrew A. (Author), Zhao, Fang-Jie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Agriculture.; Plant physiology.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental management.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Biogeosciences.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Chemistry.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Rice is the staple food for half of the world’s population. Consumption of rice is the major exposure route globally to the class one, non-threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attribu...