Translocation of heavy metals to tomato (Solanum lycopersicom L.) fruit irrigated with treated wastewater

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-254

  Al Lahham, O ^a   El Assi, N M ^b   Fayyad, M ^b  

^a ROYAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Irrigation; Potable water; Solanum lycopersicom; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVAR; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRUIT; FURROW IRRIGATION; HEAVY METAL; PH; SOIL TEST; TRANSLOCATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMAN; ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 34250891246     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.03.017     Document Type: Article

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