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Genotypic variation among 20 rice cultivars/landraces in response to cadmium stress grown locally in West Bengal, India.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Mar 2020
Barman Falguni, Majumdar Snehalata, Arzoo Shahira Helal, Kundu Rita
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Cadmium (Cd) is a hazardous soil contaminant and causes environmental toxicity when present beyond the allowable limit in soil. It can alter growth and metabolism in both plants and animals even at very low concentration. Being sessile in nature, plants try to evade this harmful effect by adopting various defence mechanisms including activation of antioxidants and other metal homeostasis mechanisms. This study...
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