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Effect of silica and selenite foliar sprays on the uptake and transport of cadmium by rice under water management
Received:September 03, 2017  Revised:November 22, 2017
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KeyWord:foliar spray;silica;selenite;rice;cadmium;water management
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GAO Min Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
ZHOU Jun Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
LIU Hai-long Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
HU Yuan-mei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
XU Lei Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
LIANG Jia-ni Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China 
 
HUANG Gui-feng Guixi Environmental Protection Agency, Guixi 335400, China  
ZHOU Jing Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Red Soil, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yingtan 335211, China
Jiangxi Heavy Metal Pollution Ecological Restoration Engineering Technology Research Center, Nanchang 330096, China 
zhoujing@issas.ac.cn 
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Abstract:
      The aim of the present study was to investigate the combined effect of foliar applications and water management on the uptake and transport of cadmium by rice. Field experiments were conducted to test the interactive effects of four foliar treatments and two water treatments, foliar treatments included deionized water(W1CK), a silica solution(W1Si), a sodium selenite solution(W1Se), and a 1:1 mixture of the silicon and selenium solutions(W1SS), two water treatments included conventional water management and continuous flooding during the late booting stage. Neither foliar spraying nor flooding had a significant effect on the growth or yield of brown rice. However, under conventional water management, the W1Si and W1Se treatments reduced the cadmium content of the brown rice by 71.7% and 61.9%(P<0.01), respectively, when compared to the control treatment(W1CK), and the root-to-stem transfer coefficient decreased by 27.4% and 34.5%, respectively, whereas the stem-to-leaf transfer coefficient increased by 46.5% and 55.3%, respectively. Under continuous flooding during the late booting stage, the W2CK treatment reduced the cadmium content of the brown rice by 57.5%(P<0.01), when compared to W1CK treatment, whereas the W2Si, W2Se, and W2SS treatments had no significant effect(P>0.05). Even though the foliar Si and Se sprays and continuous flooding during the booting stage could both be used to prevent the migration of cadmium in rice plants and to reduce the accumulation of cadmium in brown rice, the combination of foliar treatment and water management failed to exhibit a synergistic effect on the cadmium content of brown rice.