Assessing the potential of Arabidopsis halleri ssp. gemmifera as a new cadmium hyperaccumulator grown in hydroponics

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 499-502

  Kashem, Md Abul ^a   Singh, Bal Ram ^b   Kubota, Hiroshi ^c   Nagashima, Reiko Sugawara ^c   Kitajima, Nobuyuki ^c   Kondo, Toshihito ^c   Kawai, Shigenao ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c FUJITA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hydroponics; Hyperaccumulator; Phytoremediation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CADMIUM; DICOTYLEDON; HYDROPONICS; HYPERACCUMULATION; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI;

EID: 34548511595     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS06058     Document Type: Article

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