Phytoremediation of arsenic and lead using alligator weed (Alternathera philoxeroides)

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1895-1900

  Simmons, Zenovia D ^a   Suleiman, Ahmad A ^a   Theegala, Chandra S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Heavy metals; Metal uptake; Phytoaccumulation; Rhizofiltration

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR WEED (ALTERNATHERA PHILOXEROIDES); ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR (BCF); ENVIRONMENTAL RAMIFICATIONS; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

BIOACCUMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEAD; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

ARSENIC;

AQUATIC PLANT; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; DICOTYLEDON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAD; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WEED;

ALLIGATOR; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES;

EID: 36248977185     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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