The potential of Thlaspi caerulescens for phytoremediation of contaminated soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-56

  Robinson, Brett H ^a,b   Leblanc, Marc ^b   Petit, Daniel ^b   Brooks, Robert R ^a   Kirkman, John H ^a   Gregg, Paul E H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Phytoremediation; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ACETATE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; METAL; PLANT; SOIL REMEDIATION;

FRANCE;

THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0031728941     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004328816645     Document Type: Article

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