Accumulation of chromium and nickel in wheat in a field irrigated with industrial effluents and water hyacinth in Sonepat city, Haryana, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-36

  Prasad, T Sri Devi ^a   Singh, Rana P ^a   Sastry, K V ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

accumulation; chromium, nickel; Eichhornia crassipes; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WHEAT;

EID: 0030974326     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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