Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 223, Issue -, Pages 448-454Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.054
Keywords
Arsenic; Rice plant; Leonardite; Endophytic bacteria; Bacillus pumilus
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- King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi through the KMUTT 55th Anniversary Commemorative fund
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Arsenic contaminated in rice plants can cause many physiological, biochemical and productivity in rice. This also had a negative impact on human health. To decrease arsenic in grains, a combination of leo-nardite as amendment and arsenic-resistance endophytic bacteria was investigated. The results showed that 1% (w/v) leonardite (91.86 +/- 2.04%) had the highest efficiency in adsorbing initial arsenic concentration of 2 mg L-1, which was higher than bagasse fly ash (16.25 +/- 3.97%), rice husk ash (10.36 +/- 1.28%), and sawdust fly ash (63.00 +/- 5.67%) under the same condition. This was due to the higher aluminium and iron contents of leonardite strongly binding to arsenic anions. Meanwhile, Bacillus pumilus had an ability to decrease arsenic accumulation in rice grains to levels below those achieved by Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus thuringiensis. This was possibly due to B. pumilus producing higher siderophore. Interestingly, a combination of microbe and leonardite addition could decrease arsenic accumulation in grains to below the permissible limit (0.2 mg As kg(-1) for inorganic arsenic). It could also reduce oxidative stress and showed down-regulation of Lsi1, Lsi2 and OsPT4 at the heading stage, which coincided with low arsenic and high silicon accumulation in roots. Therefore, this result could be used to decrease arsenic accumulation in grains in arsenic-contaminated paddy fields, improved rice plants defense and endured of arsenic stress, and increased rice productivity. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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