The responses of selected terrestrial plants to short (<12 days) and long term (2, 4 and 6 weeks) hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) exposure. Part I: Growth and developmental effects

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-347

  Winfield, Linda E ^a   Rodger, John H ^b   D'Surney, Stephen J ^c  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental; effects; plants; RDX

Indexed keywords

CYCLONITE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; MILITARY LAND; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SUNFLOWER;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HELIANTHUS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MISSISSIPPI; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRIAZINES;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; HELIANTHUS; LILIOPSIDA; MIMOSA;

EID: 3142777623     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000033091.78180.3d     Document Type: Article

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