Ability of carrot (Daucus carota L.) to accumulate selected polychlorinated biphenyl congeners

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 792-797

  Javorská, Hana ^a   Tlustoš, Pavel ^a   Kaliszová, Regina ^a   Balík, Jiří ^a   Pavlíková, Daniela ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carrot; PCB congeners; Soil; Soil plant transfer

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; HERB; PCB; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 34547729106     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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