Performance of ornamental plants in bioremediated soil

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Suleiman, M K ^a   Bhat, N R ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Greenery development; Hydrocarbon toxicity; Kuwait; Petroleum oil pollution; Plant development; Plant growth; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; GROWTH RATE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

KUWAIT;

ACACIA; ACACIA ACUMINATA; ACER; ACULEATA; BOUGAINVILLEA; BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA; CLERODENDRUM; CLERODENDRUM INERME; CONOCARPUS; DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; OLEA EUROPAEA; PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PITHECELLOBIUM DULCE; PROSOPIS; SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS; VITEX; VITEX NEGUNDO;

EID: 0037382712     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980301587     Document Type: Article

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