Bioconcentration of heavy metals by plants

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 285-290

  Raskin, Ilya ^a   Kumar, PBA Nanda ^a   Dushenkov, Slavik ^a   Salt, David E ^a  

^a Center for Agricultural Molecular Biology Environmental and Natural Sciences Building Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Cook College PO Box 231 New Brunswick New Jersey 08903 0231 USA ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHELATION; CLEANING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0028271930     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-1669(94)90030-2     Document Type: Article

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