Rice is one of the principal staple foods, essential for safeguarding the global food and
nutritional security, but due to different natural and anthropogenic sources, it also acts as …

Mercury (Hg) is ubiquitary, naturally enriched in volcanic regions, and has wide applications
in science, industry, and agriculture. Recently, the increasing awareness of Hg toxicity has …

Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

The environmental cycling of mercury (Hg) can be affected by natural and anthropogenic
perturbations. Of particular concern is how these disruptions increase mobilization of Hg …

Every human being needs around 20 essential elements to maintain proper physiological
processes. However, trace elements are classified as beneficial, essential, or toxic for living …

This review documents recent advances in terrestrial mercury cycling. Terrestrial mercury
(Hg) research has matured in some areas, and is developing rapidly in others. We …

Rice cultivation practices from field preparation to post-harvest transform rice paddies into
hot spots for microbial mercury methylation, converting less-toxic inorganic mercury to more …

To study the sources and transformations of Hg in the rice plant (Oryza sativa L.), stable Hg
isotope variations in different tissues (foliage, root, stem, and seed) of rice which were …

With increasing input of neurotoxic mercury to environments as a result of anthropogenic
activity, it has become imperative to examine how mercury may enter biotic systems through …

Human exposure to methylmercury (MeHg) through rice consumption is raising health
concerns. It has long been recognized that MeHg found in rice grain predominately …