Elisabeth Eiche

TL;DR: The present study provides a cost-effective and straightforward method to determine the mass concentrations of polymer types using thermal analysis using TGA-DSC and shows that only PE and PP could be clearly identified, while the phase transition signals of the other polymers largely overlap each other.

TL;DR: Although safe Se concentrations were found in Hisar, Haryana, yet high levels of As, Mo and U present in groundwater indicated its unsuitability for drinking purposes, intensive investigations should be started for better understanding of the problem of Se toxicity.

TL;DR: The lack of the jasmonic acid precursor 12-oxophytodienoic acid in rice led to increased salt tolerance, which is correlated with an increased ROS-scavenging activity in stress conditions.

TL;DR: The spatial variability of As concentrations in aquifers of the Red River Delta, Vietnam, was studied in the vicinity of Hanoi as discussed by the authors, where two sites, only 700m apart but with very different As concentrations, were compared.

TL;DR: The concentration, distribution, and speciation of selenium in different parts of wheat and Indian mustard, grown in a seleniferous area in Punjab, were investigated using synchrotron based (XAS) and classical acid digestion and extraction methods.