Phytoremediation of soil metals

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-284

  Chaney, Rufus L ^a   Malik, Minnie ^b   Li, Yin M ^a   Brown, Sally L ^a   Brewer, Eric P ^a   Angle, J Scott ^a   Baker, Alan J M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; IRON; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIODEGRADATION; CELL VACUOLE; COST; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILIZATION; YEAST;

EID: 0030995455     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80004-3     Document Type: Article

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