Effects of various concentrations of uranium tailings on certain growth and biochemical parameters in sunflower

Biologia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Jagetiya, Bhagawati Lal ^a   Purohit, Pankaj ^a  

^a MLV Government College   (India)

Author keywords

Grade of growth inhibition; Growth and biochemical parameters; Helianthus annuus L.; Index of tolerance; Phytoremediation; Uranium mining waste

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 33646373684     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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