Database - United Nations in Bangladesh

Land and Agriculture 19
Table 1.2.21 Arsenic Concentrations of Different Parts of Sonargaon Paddy Samples
Field ID
Grain Husk Stem Leaf Root
(mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg) (mg/kg)
2 0.25 0.27 0.59 0.87 7.38
4 0.96 1.07 1.63 1.84 9.14
5 0.71 0.82 2.08 2.93 11.82
6 0.93 0.89 2.02 2.94 16.64
7 0.15 0.29 0.33 0.56 7.84
8 1.23 2.44 5.70 6.78 26.11
9 0.21 0.73 3.37 5.27 12.34
0 0.20 0.26 3.10 2.20 17.35
11 0.03 0.01 0.35 1.65 12.61
12 0.28 0.36 0.66 0.82 8.82
13 0.44 0.52 1.01 1.22 10.23
14 0.08 0.20 0.26 0.74 2.88
Source: Masud (2003)
Table 1.2.22 Arsenic Concentrations (mg/kg) of Different Layers of Dinajpur Paddy Field Soil Samples
Location and Date
Paddy Field ID
1 st Layer 2 nd Layer 3 rd Layer 4 th Layer
(0-75 mm) (75-150 mm) (150-300 mm) (300-450 mm)
Dinajpur
1 st Sampling
1 0.92 1.81 2.36 2.35
2 0.10 0.65 1.68 3.62
3 0.69 1.67 2.88 2.72
4 0.76 1.2 0.35 1.38
(03/03/2002)
As Con. of water
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