Arsenic phytoremediation: New hopes for old problem

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Singh, Rana P ^a   Jaiwal, Pawan K ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 0037255881     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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