Reader
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- g.norton@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272409
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
BSc (Hons), Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2001
PhD, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2005
Research Fellow, 51cg, 2005-2013
Lecturer, 51cg, 2013-2017
Senior Lecturer, 51cg, 2017- 2021
Reader, 51cg 2021-present
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Schools Examination Officer
- External Memberships
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Editor for Agronomy – http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy
Editor for Exposure and Health - https://link.springer.com/journal/12403
Guest editor of the Agronomy special issues “Accumulation and Distribution of Elements in Crop Plants” - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/special_issues/accumulation-elements
- Research
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Research Overview

My research interests include the accumulation and distribution of elements in plants and their impact on human health and food security, with a focus on arsenic and beneficial minerals such as zinc. I have been integrating elemental concentrations with genetic mapping, genomics, and transcriptomics, with the aim of identifying genes and the mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of elements in plants. I also have an interest in understanding the processes involved in arsenic (and other metals) cycling in the environment.
Current Research
Current research group.
PhD students.
Rosie Boyko
Alysha Knight
Juani Hallat-Sanchez
Yehia Hazzazi
Former research group.
PhD student
Zainab Abubakar Adamu – “Genetics of drought resistance in rice: Role of aquaporins on root hydraulic conductance and water use traits in rice”.
Mohammad Sayedul Islam – “Physiological and Molecular characterization of adaptation to alternative wetting and drying in Bangladeshi rice cultivars”
Partha Talukdar – “The transfer mechanism of arsenic in rice from the shoot to the grain during grain filling.”
Tanvir Chowdhury – “Biogeochemical cycling of elements in Bangladeshi soils”
Munmi Phukon - "Transcriptomics study of rice in response to alternate wetting and drying irrigation”
Natasha Falconer – “Rice: balancing sustainable agricultural production methods and cultivar diversity with nutrient content and contaminant levels - a Bangladeshi dietary modelling proof of concept project"
Barry Nourice - "Impact of salinity on agriculture in the Seychelles"
Jonathan Cope – “Introgressing resilience and resource use efficiency traits from Scots Bere to elite barley”
Research technician
Claire Deacon
Luke Harrold
Funding and Grants
BBSRC funded project “A genetic dissection of traits required for sustainable water use in rice using Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)” joint with Lancaster, the International Rice Research Institute and Bangladesh Agricultral University (Mymensingh). £1.1 M with £922 K to Aberdeen. Co-I (P.I. Adam Price). Start February 2012, end January 2016.
Scottish Funding Council - via Food and Drink Network "Identifying environmental factors which cause variation in fatty acid composition in rapeseed oil". £5K. P.I. (Co-I's; Prof Paul Hallett and Prof David Salt).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course coordinator:
EV3801 / EV5800: Environmental Analysis
EV3519 / EV5519: Ecosystem Science
SS5805: Land Use and the Changing Environment (Joint with Prof. Graeme Paton)
Course contribution
BI1511 Ecology and Environmental Science
PL3309 / SS5305: Soils for Food Security
- Publications
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Interaction between contrasting rice genotypes and soil physical conditions induced by hydraulic stresses typical of alternate wetting and drying irrigation of soil
Plant and Soil, vol. 430, no. 1-2, pp. 233-243Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Physiographical variability in arsenic dynamics in Bangladeshi soils
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 612, pp. 1365-1372Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Biomass and elemental concentrations of 22 rice cultivars grown under alternate wetting and drying conditions at three field sites in Bangladesh
Food and Energy Security, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 98-112Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Arsenic in Bangladeshi soils related to physiographic region, paddy management, and mirco- and macro-elemental status
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 590-591, pp. 406-415Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A protective role for nitric oxide and salicylic acid for arsenite phytotoxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, vol. 115, pp. 163-173Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Impact of alternate wetting and drying on rice physiology, grain production, and grain quality
Field Crops Research, vol. 205, pp. 1-13Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Mobility and toxicity of heavy metal(loid)s arising from contaminated wood ash application to a pasture grassland soil
Environmental Pollution, vol. 218, pp. 419-427Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Utilizing genetic variation and water management for cultivating low grain arsenic rice
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Widespread exposure to lead affects the body condition of free-living whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in Britain
Environmental Pollution, vol. 209, pp. 60-67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Geomorphic regulation of arsenic in soils of Bangladesh
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Cadmium and lead in vegetable and fruit produce selected from specific regional areas of the UK
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 533, pp. 520-527Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Sulfur mediated reduction of arsenic toxicity involves efficient thiol metabolism and the antioxidant defense system in rice
Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 298, pp. 241-251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Biallelic and Genome Wide Association Mapping of Germanium Tolerant Loci in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 9, 0137577Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing the genetic diversity of rice originating from Bangladesh, Assam and West Bengal
Rice, vol. 8, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Effect of selenium fertilization on the accumulation of cadmium and lead in rice plants
Plant and Soil, vol. 384, no. 1-2, pp. 131-140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Urinary excretion of arsenic following rice consumption
Environmental Pollution, vol. 194, pp. 181-187Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Roles for root iron plaque in sequestration and uptake of heavy metals and metalloids in aquatic and wetland plants
Metallomics, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1789-1800Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Lead in rice: analysis of baseline lead levels in market and field collected rice grains
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 485-486, no. 1, pp. 428-434Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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High throughput screening of rooting depth in rice using buried herbicide
Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 165, no. 1, pp. 96-107Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil
Environmental Pollution, vol. 186, pp. 195-202Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Genome wide association mapping of grain arsenic, copper, molybdenum and zinc in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grown at four international field sites
PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-12Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Trait-directed de novo population transcriptome dissects genetic regulation of a balanced polymorphism in phosphorus nutrition/arsenate tolerance in a wild grass, Holcus lanatus
New Phytologist, vol. 201, no. 1, pp. 144-154Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A balanced polymorphism in biomass resource allocation controlled by phosphate in grasses screened through arsenate tolerance
Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol. 96, pp. 43-51Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, and other elements concentrations in Italian rice grain varies with origin and type
Environmental Pollution, vol. 181, pp. 38-43Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Bangladesh: is it sustainable and has plant breeding something to offer?
Food and Energy Security, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 120-129Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Variation in Rice Cadmium Related to Human Exposure
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 5613-5618Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Effect of organic matter amendment, arsenic amendment and water management regime on rice grain arsenic species
Environmental Pollution, vol. 177, pp. 38-47Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Arsenic speciation and localization in horticultural produce grown in a historically impacted mining region
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 6164-6172Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Poisoning from lead gunshot: still a threat to wild waterbirds in Britain
European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 195-204Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Arsenic in rice grown in low-arsenic environments in Bangladesh
Water Quality, Exposure and Health, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 197-208Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Arsenic affects essential and non-essential amino acids differentially in rice grains: inadequacy of amino acids in rice based diet
Environment International, vol. 46, pp. 16-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Essential and toxic elements in infant foods from Spain, UK, China and USA
Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2447-2455Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Spatial heterogeneity and kinetic regulation of arsenic dynamics in mangrove sediments: the Sundarbans, Bangladesh
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 16, pp. 8645-8652Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Effect of organic fertilization practiced in paddy soils in Bangladesh on arsenic dynamics
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE]
Identification of quantitative trait loci for rice grain element composition on an arsenic impacted soil: Influence of flowering time on genetic loci
Annals of Applied Biology, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 46-56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Hydrogeochemistry and arsenic contamination of groundwater in the Haor basins of Bangladesh
Water Quality, Exposure and Health, vol. 4, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Grain accumulation of selenium species in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 5557-5564Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Inorganic arsenic contents in rice-based infant foods from Spain, UK, China and USA
Environmental Pollution, vol. 163, pp. 77-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Variation in grain arsenic assessed in a diverse panel of rice (Oryza sativa) grown in multiple sites
New Phytologist, vol. 193, no. 3, pp. 650-664Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Phloem transport of arsenic species from flag leaf to grain during grain filling
New Phytologist, vol. 192, no. 1, pp. 87-98Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of complex traits in Oryza sativa
Nature Communications, vol. 2, 467Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Organic matter-solid phase interactions are critical for predicting arsenic release and plant uptake in Bangladesh paddy soils
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 14, pp. 6080-6087Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Assessing the labile arsenic pool in contaminated paddy soils by isotopic dilution techniques and simple extractions
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 4262-4269Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
The dynamics of arsenic in four paddy fields in the Bengal delta
Environmental Pollution, vol. 159, no. 4, pp. 947-953Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Identification of tetramethylarsonium in rice grains with elevated arsenic content
Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 32-34Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Arsenic Influence on Genetic Variation in Grain Trace-Element Nutrient Content in Bengal Delta Grown Rice
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 21, pp. 8284-8288Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Genetic mapping of the rice ionome in leaves and grain: identification of QTLs for 17 elements including arsenic, cadmium, iron and selenium
Plant and Soil, vol. 329, no. 1-2, pp. 139-153Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Arsenic shoot-grain relationships in field grown rice cultivars
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1471-1477Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Grain unloading of arsenic species in rice
Plant Physiology, vol. 152, no. 1, pp. 309-319Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Rice grain arsenic: analysis of genetic variation
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