Genotypic and Environmental Variations in Grain Cadmium and Arsenic Concentrations Among a Panel of High Yielding Rice Cultivars.

Guilan DuanGuosheng ShaoZhong TangHongping ChenBoxun WangZhu TangYuping YangYuechuan LiuFang-Jie Zhao

Published in: Rice (New York, N.Y.) (2017)

Eight and 6 rice cultivars were identified as stable low accumulators of Cd and As, respectively, based on the multiple site and season trials. These cultivars are likely to be compliant with the grain Cd or As limits of the Chinese Food Safety Standards when grown in moderately contaminated paddy soils in South China.

Keyphrases

heavy metals
risk assessment
human health
drinking water
nk cells
climate change