title: [Difference of lead uptake and distribution in rice cultivars and its mechanism].
abstract: In order to investigate the uptake of lead by rice plant and the distribution of lead in different parts of rice, pot experiment was conducted with 20 rice cultivars of different genotypes by adding lead to soil. The results showed that there existed significant differences among the cultivars in the lead uptake and distribution by rice plants, but the differences had no obvious relationship with rice genotypes. The lead concentrations decreased rapidly from roots to grains along rice plants, so the concentrations of lead were very low in grains compared with other parts of rice plants. The regression analysis showed that there were significant negative correlations between adjacent organs of rice plant, but positive correlations, mostly significant, between disconnected organs, for the lead concentrations in them. Lead concentration in the leaf of heading stage showed a significant positive correlation with that in the grain of ripening stage. Lead was not distributed uniformly in different parts of grain structure, and the lead accumulation in polished rice was only 32.88% of the total lead accumulation in grain.
authors.affiliation: Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
authors.forename: Jianguo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kunquan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zujian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaolong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Biyu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yixia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Jianchang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qingsen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D007854:Lead / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012275:Oryza / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007854:Lead