Botanical survey and screening of plant species which accumulate 226Ra from contaminated soil of uranium waste depot

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-261

  Soudek, Petr ^a   Petřík, Petr ^b   Vágner, Martin ^c   Tykva, Richard ^d   Plojhar, Václav ^e   Petrová, Šárka ^a   Vaněk, Tomáš ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e DIAMO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mill tailings; Plant distribution; Radiophytoremediation; Radium; Uptake; Uranium

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA; MENTHA; MENTHA ARVENSIS; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA REPTANS;

EID: 34250331199     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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