Transgenic plants in phytoremediation: Recent advances and new possibilities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9377-9390

  Cherian, Sam ^a   Oliveira, M Margarida ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; VAPORIZATION;

INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT PROCESSES; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENZYME; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

COMPLEX FORMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VOLATILIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 29244449339     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051134l     Document Type: Review

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