Phyto-extraction of copper, iron, manganese, and zinc from environmentally contaminated sites in Ethiopia, with three grass species

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 111-124

  Itanna, Fisseha ^a   Coulman, Bruce ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Indigenous species; Industrial waste; Municipal wastes; Phytoextraction

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

BIOREMEDIATION; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; ETHIOPIA; EXTRACTION; GRASS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ETHIOPIA;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; CHLORIS; CHLORIS GAYANA; POACEAE; SETARIA SPHACELATA;

EID: 0037220251     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120017419     Document Type: Article

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