Effect of irrigation water contaminated with uranium mill tailings on sudan grass, sorghum vulgare var. sudanense, and fourwing saltbush, atriplex canescens

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-57

  Baumgartner, D J ^a   Glenn, E P ^a   Moss, G ^a   Thompson, T L ^a   Artiola, J F ^a   Kuehl, R O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical uptake; Manganese; Molybdenum; Productivity; Selenium; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; IRRIGATION; PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; SORGHUM VULGARE;

EID: 0033955505     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089030600263166     Document Type: Article

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