Heavy metal uptake and chemical changes in the rhizosphere of Thiaspi caerulescens and Thlaspi ochroleucum grown in contaminated soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 153-159

  McGrath, S P ^a   Shen, Z G ^a,b   Zhao, F J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator; Phytoremediation; Rhizosphere; Thlaspi caerulescens; Thlaspi ochroleucum; Zinc

Indexed keywords

THLASPI CAERULESCENS; THLASPI OCHROLEUCUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

EID: 0030612970     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004248123948     Document Type: Article

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