Uptake of 134Cs in the shoots of Amaranthus tricolor and Amaranthus cruentus

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-312

  Tang, Shirong ^a   Chen, Ziyuan ^a   Li, Hongyan ^a   Zheng, Jiemin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

134Cs; Amaranthus cruentus; Amaranthus tricolor; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTION;

PLANT SHOOTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CESIUM 134; CESIUM; POTASSIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SHOOT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOWING; BIOMASS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR;

AMARANTHUS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOMASS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; PLANT SHOOTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038817781     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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