… involved are not fully understood. In this study, we first confirmed that the concurrent addition
of Si and As in solution decreased As accumulation in rice. Then, the effect of Si previously …

… and are primarily Si transporters, have been identified in rice … workers to identify the genes
associated with arsenic uptake, … transgenic plants with low arsenic content or plants tolerant to …

… The mechanisms responsible for this effect are poorly understood. We investigated … Si
treatment on Pb toxicity and accumulation in two rice mutants (lsi1 and lsi2) defective in Si uptake …

… Furthermore, scanning electron microscopy showed a higher level of Si accumulation in
trichomes on the leaf surface. A significant alleviation in level of As, Sb and Ge stress was also …

… Arsenate is taken up by roots via phosphate carriers, while arsenite is taken up by a … of
which involved in silicon (Si) transport. NIP and Si transporters are also involved in the uptake of …

… The observations suggested that Si supply induced a Fe … Fe uptake and the gene expression
as affected by Si nutrition at different Fe levels and Fe forms. Plants grown for 28 d in +Si at …

… -family group have been implicated in lemmatising arsenic accumulation and its transport to
… Lsi1, primarily a silicon transporter is involved in the major As(III) uptake pathway in Oryza …

… art research on arsenic accumulation and toxicity in … Mutated OsADH2 was unable to
accumulate arsenic in the roots. Due to the mutated OsADH2, the rice did not accumulate As and Si …

… -encoding gene low silicon rice 2 (OsLsi2), and arsenate reductase (AR)-encoding … of
Pi-uptake-related genes led to higher accumulation of arsenic in the roots of SL-deficient mutants, …

… Arsenic (As)-contaminated soil and groundwater lead to … Arsenic accumulation, particularly
inorganic arsenic, in food crops … In rice, low silicon rice1 (Lsi1) is responsible for the uptake of …