Positive responses to Zn and Cd by roots of the Zn and Cd hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens

New Phytologist

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-210

  Whiting, Steven N ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Mcgrath, Steve P ^b   Baker, Alan J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IACR Rothamsted ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metal uptake; Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation; Root length; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; METAL EXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTED SOIL; ROOTING; THLASPI ARVENSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

CADMIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; ROOT; ZINC;

THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0034058637     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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