In order to investigate the genotypic differences in Pb accumulation of rice, thirty-five rice cultivars were irrigated by irrigation water containing 10 ppm Pb throughout all growth season under field condition. At harvest, thirty-five rice cultivars showed significant difference in Pb concentrations in straw, grain, chaff, brown rice, rice bran, and polished rice, but not in root. Pb concentration in polished rice ranged from 0.02 to 0.22 mg/kg. The total Pb accumulation in shoot varied from 0.77 to 2.74 mg/m2. There were no significant difference of Pb concentration in all of rice parts among four rice cultivar groups. Indica and tongil cultivar groups presented the higher Pb accumulation in shoot. The large genotypic variation suggested the possibility of breeding low Pb accumulating rice cultivar.

• Yong-Feng Yan(Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University)
• Doug-Hwan Choi(Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University)
• Jin-Ern Lee(Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University)
• Byun-Woo Lee(Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University) Corresponding Author