Studies on cadmium toxicity in plants: A review

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Das, P ^a   Samantaray, S ^a   Rout, G R ^a  

^a Regional Plant Resource Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Metal stress; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL;

CADMIUM; PLANT; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031411101     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00110-3     Document Type: Review

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