Comparison of root-system efficiency and arsenic uptake of two fern species

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1163-1177

  Gonzaga, Maria I Silva ^a   Santos, Jorge A G ^a   Comerford, Nicholas B ^a   Ma, Lena Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic uptake; Hyperaccumulation; Phytoremediation; Root; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERN; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HYPERACCUMULATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; ROOT SYSTEM;

FILICOPHYTA; NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 34248582398     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701328099     Document Type: Article

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