Germination and growth of six plant species on contaminated soil with spent oil

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 463-470

  Sharifi, M ^a   Sadeghi, Y ^a   Akbarpour, M ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Germination; Phytotoxicity test; Spent oil

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; PHYTOTOXICITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGROPYRON; FABACEAE; LINACEAE; LINUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDICAGO; MERMIS; POACEAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34848865002     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325982     Document Type: Article

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