Search Results - "McGrath, Steve P."
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Effective methods to reduce cadmium accumulation in rice grain
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-09-2018)“…Contamination of cadmium (Cd) in paddy soil is a serious environmental problem threatening food safety in some parts of southern China, where rice grain Cd…”
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Arguments surrounding the essentiality of boron to vascular plants
Published in The New phytologist (01-06-2020)“…This article is a Commentary on González‐Fontes (226: 1228–1230), Lewis (2020a, 226: 1231), Wimmer et al. (226: 1232–1237), Lewis (2020b, 226: 1238–1239)…”
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Arsenic as a Food Chain Contaminant: Mechanisms of Plant Uptake and Metabolism and Mitigation Strategies
Published in Annual review of plant biology (01-01-2010)“…Arsenic (As) is an environmental and food chain contaminant. Excessive accumulation of As, particularly inorganic arsenic (As(i)), in rice (Oryza sativa) poses…”
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Selenium deficiency risk predicted to increase under future climate change
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-03-2017)“…Deficiencies of micronutrients, including essential trace elements, affect up to 3 billion people worldwide. The dietary availability of trace elements is…”
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Mineral Availability as a Key Regulator of Soil Carbon Storage
Published in Environmental science & technology (02-05-2017)“…Mineral binding is a major mechanism for soil carbon (C) stabilization, and mineral availability for C binding critically affects C storage. Yet, the…”
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African soil properties and nutrients mapped at 30 m spatial resolution using two-scale ensemble machine learning
Published in Scientific reports (17-03-2021)“…Soil property and class maps for the continent of Africa were so far only available at very generalised scales, with many countries not mapped at all. Thanks…”
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Investigating the Contribution of the Phosphate Transport Pathway to Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
Published in Plant physiology (Bethesda) (01-09-2011)“…Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) may pose a significant health risk to consumers. Plants take up different As species using various pathways…”
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Plastics in biosolids from 1950 to 2016: A function of global plastic production and consumption
Published in Water research (Oxford) (01-08-2021)“…•Archived biosolids from australia and UK from 1950 to 2016 analyzed for 7 plastics.•Increasing concentrations over time of PP, PS, PET, PMMA, PVC and…”
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Soil pH Determines Microbial Diversity and Composition in the Park Grass Experiment
Published in Microbial ecology (01-02-2015)“…The Park Grass experiment (PGE) in the UK has been ongoing since 1856. Its purpose is to study the response of biological communities to the long-term…”
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Rice is more efficient in arsenite uptake and translocation than wheat and barley
Published in Plant and soil (01-03-2010)“…Rice is efficient at arsenic (As) accumulation, thus posing a potential health risk to humans and animals. Arsenic bioavailability in submerged paddy soil is…”
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Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (22-07-2008)“…Arsenic poisoning affects millions of people worldwide. Human arsenic intake from rice consumption can be substantial because rice is particularly efficient in…”
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Silicon has opposite effects on the accumulation of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in rice
Published in Plant and soil (01-03-2014)“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Rice (Oryza sativa) is a main source of human exposure to inorganic arsenic and mitigation measures are needed to decrease As accumulation…”
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Plant–microbe networks in soil are weakened by century‐long use of inorganic fertilizers
Published in Microbial biotechnology (01-11-2019)“…Summary Understanding the changes in plant–microbe interactions is critically important for predicting ecosystem functioning in response to human‐induced…”
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The Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein OsNIP3;2 is involved in arsenite uptake by lateral roots in rice
Published in Journal of experimental botany (17-05-2017)“…Previous studies have shown that the Nodulin 26-like intrinsic membrane protein (NIP) Lsi1 (OsNIP2;1) is involved in arsenite [As(III)] uptake in rice (Oryza…”
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Controls on timescales of soil organic carbon persistence across sub‐Saharan Africa
Published in Global change biology (01-01-2024)“…Given the importance of soil for the global carbon cycle, it is essential to understand not only how much carbon soil stores but also how long this carbon…”
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Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum, and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites
Published in PloS one (25-02-2014)“…The mineral concentrations in cereals are important for human health, especially for individuals who consume a cereal subsistence diet. A number of elements,…”
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The role of nodes in arsenic storage and distribution in rice
Published in Journal of experimental botany (01-07-2015)“…Knowledge of arsenic (As) accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) is important for minimizing As transfer to the food chain. The aim of this study was to…”
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Changes in organic carbon to clay ratios in different soils and land uses in England and Wales over time
Published in Scientific reports (25-03-2022)“…Realistic targets for soil organic carbon (SOC) concentrations are needed, accounting for differences between soils and land uses. We assess the use of…”
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Rice Aquaporin Lsi1 Mediates Uptake of Methylated Arsenic Species
Published in Plant physiology (Bethesda) (01-08-2009)“…Pentavalent methylated arsenic (As) species such as monomethylarsonic acid [MMA(V)] and dimethylarsinic acid [DMA(V)] are used as herbicides or pesticides, and…”
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Combined NanoSIMS and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence reveal distinct cellular and subcellular distribution patterns of trace elements in rice tissues
Published in The New phytologist (01-01-2014)“…The cellular and subcellular distributions of trace elements can provide important clues to understanding how the elements are transported and stored in plant…”
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