AUTHOR=Awasthi Surabhi , Chauhan Reshu , Srivastava Sudhakar , Tripathi Rudra D. TITLE=The Journey of Arsenic from Soil to Grain in Rice JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=8 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2017.01007 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2017.01007 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Arsenic (As) is a non-essential toxic metalloid whose elevated concentration in rice grains is a serious issue both for rice yield and quality, and for human health. The rice-As interactions, hence, have been studied extensively in past few decades. A deep understanding of factors influencing As uptake and transport from soil to grains can be helpful to tackle this issue so as to minimize grain As levels. As uptake at the root surface by rice plants depends on factors like iron plaque and radial oxygen loss. There is involvement of a number of transporters