Microradiography as a tool to detect heavy metal uptake in plants for phytoremediation applications

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 666-674

  Reale, Lucia ^a   Lai, Antonia ^b   Bellucci, Ida ^c   Faenov, Anatoly ^d   Pikuz, Tatiana ^d   Flora, Francesco ^b   Spanò, Laura ^a   Poma, Anna ^a   Limongi, Tania ^a   Palladino, Libero ^a   Ritucci, Antonio ^a   Tomassetti, Giuseppe ^a   Petrocelli, Giovanni ^c   Martellucci, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Multicharged Ions Spectra Data Center of VNIIFTRI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Microradiography; Phytoremediation; Plant leaves; X rays

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GLASS; HEAVY METALS; IRON; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNESIUM; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

CONTACT MICRORADIOGRAPHIES; HEAVY ELEMENTS; HEAVY METAL UPTAKE; LASER-PLASMAS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAVES; SOFT X-RAY; WHOLE PLANTS; X-RAY SOURCES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAF; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; X RAY;

EID: 33748333374     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20350     Document Type: Article

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