Phytoremediation of petroleum-contaminated soils in the tropics - Pre-selectlon of plant species from eastern Venezuela

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Merkl, N ^a,b   Schultze Kraft, R ^a   Infante, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL POLLUTION; PETROLEUM; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CYPERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 11144296237     PISSN: 16139216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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