Tolerance of Peltophorum pterocarpum D. C. Baker Ex K. Heyne seedlings to lead and cadmium treatment

Journal of New Seeds

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 83-94

  Shafiq, Muhammad ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Lead; Seedling growth; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

PELTOPHORUM PTEROCARPUM;

EID: 33646381098     PISSN: 1522886X     EISSN: 15229025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J153v07n04_06     Document Type: Article

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