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• TITLE: Silicon Mediated Arsenic Reduction in Rice by Limiting Its Uptake

  AUTHORS: Muhammad Mohsin Raza, Sami Ullah, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Sohaib Saqib, Sarfraz Ahmad, Hafiz Muhammad Bilal, Farman Wali

  KEYWORDS: Silicon, Arsenic, Rice, Growth, As Concentration in Plant

  JOURNAL NAME: Agricultural Sciences, Vol.7 No.1, January 28, 2016

  ABSTRACT: This study was planned to examine the effects of exogenous silicon supply on growth parameters and arsenic accumulation level in rice. The experiment was conducted in the wire house of Saline Agriculture Research Centre, Institute of Soil and Environmental Science, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. The study was comprised of treatments viz: control; (100 μM Arsenic); (200 μM Arsenic); (5 mM Silicon); (5 mM Silicon + 100 μM Arsenic) and (5 mM Silicon + 200 μM Arsenic). Results revealed that maximum shoot fresh weight, shoot dry weight, root fresh weight and root dry weight were observed in (5 mM Si) solution. In the same way, maximum number of tillers was also recorded in (5 mM Si) solution; while silicon application failed to alleviate arsenic concentration of rice genotype.