Uptake and transformation of trichloroethylene by edible garden plants

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 816-824

  Schnabel, William E ^a   Dietz, Annette C ^a   Burken, Joel G ^a   Schnoor, Jerald L ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bound residue; Phytoremediation; Trichloroethylene; Vegetative uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; CARBON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHYLENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESIDUAL FUELS; SOILS; TOXICITY;

CONTINUOUS AIR FLOW BIOREACTORS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CARBON 14; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARROT; COMBUSTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPINACH; TOMATO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0031127078     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00303-X     Document Type: Article

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