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Abstract
Currently, the world population is 7 billion plus and the major challenge of the third millennium is global food security, which is continuously being arrested by abiotic stresses arise due to the extreme changes in the climate and rapid increase in the population. On an estimated view, more than 50 % crop yield is being lost by abiotic stresses. Arsenic (As) is playing major roles in looming global food security especially in South—East Asia; where rice is an important staple food. Arsenic tends to affect the growth, pigment and all the important growth-regulating processes. Herein, this review a brief highlight of As and its interaction with plant system has been provided.