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Pteris cretica

Irrigation of paddy rice with arsenic contaminated groundwater

Scanning electron micrograph of a section of a pinna and the corresponding EDXA dot-map of As

Photograph of land degraded with arsenic

Feeding damage on Pteris vittata fronds from either control (a) or arsenic-treated plants (b) by grasshopper Schistocerca americana nymphs

 

 

 

 

  

Andy Meharg, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Henk Schat, Amsterdam , The Netherlands
Steve McGrath, Rothamsted, UK

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If you would like to receive further information relating to this meeting please get in touch with Helen Pinfield-Wells (New Phytologist) – newphytsymp@lancaster.ac.uk
New Phytologist Central Office
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Lancaster University
LA1 4YE, UK.
Tel: +44 1524 594 691
Fax: +44 1524 594 696

 

 

  Symposium logo Arsenic by Sam Day. Pteris cretica (As hyperaccumulator) courtesy of Steve McGrath; Irrigation of paddy rice with arsenic contaminated groundwater courtesy of Andy Meharg; Scanning electron micrograph of a section of a pinna and the corresponding EDXA dot-map of As Lombi et al., 2002; Photograph of land degraded with arsenic courtesy of Steve McGrath; Feeding damage on Pteris vittata fronds from either control (a) or arsenic-treated plants (b) by grasshopper Schistocerca americana nymphs Rathinasabapathi et al., 2007