Ascorbate promotes emission of mercury vapour from plants

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1487-1495

  Battke, Florian ^a   Ernst, Dieter ^a   Halbach, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidative defence; Ascorbic acid; Hordeum vulgare; Hydroponic cultivation; Mercuric chloride; Mercury vapour; Phytoreductants; Plant

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIGHT EFFECT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PLANT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VITAMIN; VOLATILIZATION;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33745227349     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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