Zinc and cadmium uptake by the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens in contaminated soils and its effects on the concentration and chemical speciation of metals in soil solution

Plant and Soil

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

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

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Soil solution; Speciation; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYPERACCUMULATOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SOLUTION;

THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0031437558     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004255323909     Document Type: Article

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