Phytoremediation of soil polluted by nickel using agricultural crops

Environmental Management

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 675-681

  Giordani, Cesare ^a   Cecchi, Stefano ^a   Zanchi, Camillo ^b  

^a Istituto Agronomico Per l'Oltremare   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop storing efficiency; Heavy metals; Nickel polluted soil; Plant tissue storage; Soil phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CROPS; NICKEL; POLLUTION;

CROP STORING EFFICIENCY; NICKEL POLLUTED SOIL; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

SOILS;

NICKEL;

HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BEAN; BIOMASS; CABBAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; METAL RECOVERY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; RECYCLING; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SORGHUM; SPINACH;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; NICKEL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGRICULTURE; NICKEL; POLLUTION; SOIL;

BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 27744489444     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0171-1     Document Type: Article

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