Production of Nickel Bio-Ore from Hyperaccumulator Plant Biomass: Applications in Phytomining

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-250

  Boominathan, Rengasamy ^a   Saha Chaudhury, N M ^a   Sahajwalla, Veena ^a   Doran, Pauline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alyssum bertolonii; Berkheya coddii; Bio ore; Furnace treatment; Nickle; Phytomining

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HARVESTING; NICKEL; ORES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIO-ORES; HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANTS; PHYTOMINING OPERATIONS;

BIOMASS;

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; NICKEL; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FURNACE; HAIRY ROOT CULTURE; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYTOMINING; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL;

ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; CALCIUM; NICKEL; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ALYSSUM; ALYSSUM BERTOLONII; BERKHEYA;

EID: 2342438510     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10795     Document Type: Article

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