Aluminum accumulation in the roots of Melastoma malabathricum, an aluminum-accumulating plant

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1518-1522

  Watanabe, Toshihiro ^a   Misawa, Seiji ^a   Osaki, Mitsuru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum accumulators; Aluminum uptake; Citrate; Lanthanum; Melastoma malabathricum; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; LANTHANUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOILS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALUMINUM ACCUMULATING PLANT; ALUMINUM ACCUMULATORS; ALUMINUM UPTAKE; MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM; MELASTOMA MALABO;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACCUMULATION; ACID SOIL; ALUMINUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OXALATE; ROOT; SHRUB; TROPICAL SOIL;

ALUMINUM; CITRATES; CONCENTRATION; GROWTH REGULATORS; LANTHANUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXALATES; PLANTS; ROOTS;

MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM;

EID: 33744815267     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b05-111     Document Type: Article

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