Assessing zinc thresholds for phytotoxicity and potential dietary toxicity in selected vegetable crops

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 1421-1434

  Long, X X ^a   Yang, X E ^a,b   Ni, W Z ^a   Ye, Z Q ^a   He, Z L ^b   Calvert, D V ^b   Stoffella, J P ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypic difference; Human health; Toxic threshold; Vegetable crops; Zinc

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; GENOTYPE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT SEED; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS;

EID: 0037617450     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-120020454     Document Type: Article

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