Environmental Pollution 223 (2017) 137e145 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Environmental Pollution journal homepage: Arsenic tolerant Trichoderma sp. reduces arsenic induced stress in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) Pratibha Tripathi a, b, Poonam C. Singh a, Aradhana Mishra a, Suchi Srivastava a, Reshu Chauhan a, Surabhi Awasthi a, Seema Mishra a, Sanjay Dwivedi a, Preeti Tripathi a, * Alok Kalra b, Rudra D. Tripathi a, , Chandra S. Nautiyal a a CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, India b CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow 226015, India article info abstract Article history: Toxic metalloids including arsenic (As) can neither be eliminated nor destroyed from environment; Received 18 July 2016 however, they can be converted from toxic to less/non-toxic forms. The form of As species and their Received in revised form concentration determines its toxicity