Field trials of wild plant species growing in polluted soils of the guadiamar river area for phytoremediation purposes

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 11 B, 2004, Pages 1197-1203

  Del Río, Mercedes ^a   Ferchaud, Fabien ^a   Font, Rafael ^a   De Haro, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amaranthus blitoides; Aznalc llar; Lavatera cretica; Malva nicaeensis; Phytoremediation; Polygonum persicaria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOREMEDIATION; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANDALUCIA; AZNALCOLLAR; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVILLA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AMARANTHUS BLITOIDES; LAVATERA CRETICA; MALVA NICAEENSIS; PERSICARIA; POLYGONUM PERSICARIA;

EID: 11244308082     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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