Author/Authors :
Baig، نويسنده , , Jameel A. and Kazi، نويسنده , , Tasneem G. and Shah، نويسنده , , Abdul Q. and Afridi، نويسنده , , Hassan I. and Kandhro، نويسنده , , Ghulam A. and Khan، نويسنده , , Sumaira and Kolachi، نويسنده , , Nida F. and Wadhwa، نويسنده , , Sham K. and Shah، نويسنده , , Faheem and Arain، نويسنده , , Mohammad B. and Jamali، نويسنده , , Muhammad Khan، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to evaluate the uptake of arsenic (As) by grain crops (wheat, maize and sorghum) grown on agricultural soil irrigated with tube well water (SIT) as test samples and for comparative purposes, same grain crop samples grown on agricultural soil irrigated with fresh canal water (SIC) were marked as control samples, collected simultaneously from three sub-districts of Khairpur, Pakistan. Moreover, this paper demonstrated the total and EDTA (0.05 M) extractable As in both understudied soils that correlate with the respective total As in the edible parts of the studied grain crops. A significantly high accumulation of As was found in grains grown on SIT as compared to those grown on SIC. This study highlights the increased danger of growing food crops in the agricultural land continuously irrigated by As contaminated ground water.
Keywords :
soil , Arsenic , Grain crops , translocation , water
