Abstract:Presence of arsenic in ground water is a grave concern now as it is used for drinking and crop irrigation. Arsenic load of soil in the areas of arsenic contaminated ground water is gradually increasing as more than 95% of such contaminated ground water is used for crop irrigation. An experiment was conducted to study effect of arsenate and arsenite on germination and early seedling growth of the popular rice variety shatabdi. Rice seeds were exposed to water contaminated with different concentrations (Control,… Show more
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