Effect of coal mine soil contamination on the elemental uptake and distribution in two edible Amaranthus species, A. dubius and A. hybridus

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 747-764

  Jonnalagadda, Sreekanth ^a   Kindness, Andrew ^a   Chunilall, Viren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Cadmium; Coal mine soil contamination; Edible vegetation; Elemental uptake; Iron; Lead; Manganese

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COAL MINES; HEAVY METALS; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); MOISTURE; ORGANIC MINERALS; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

AMARANTHUS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); COAL MINE SOIL CONTAMINATION; EDIBLE VEGETATION; ELEMENTAL UPTAKE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM);

CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CADMIUM; COAL MINE; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HERB; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NICKEL; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADSORPTION; AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CATION EXCHANGE; COAL MINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERB; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

AMARANTHUS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COAL MINING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS DUBIUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS;

EID: 33745331635     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230600704324     Document Type: Article

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