Chromium toxicity effect on blackgram, soybean and paddy

Pollution Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 757-761

  Sankar Ganesh, K ^a   Sundaramoorthy, P ^a   Chidambaram, Al A ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GERMINATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RICE; SEEDLING; SOYBEAN; TOXICITY TEST;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33947573551     PISSN: 02578050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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