Accumulation and implications of cadmium, cobalt and manganese in soils and vegetables irrigated with city effluent

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-107

  Murtaza, Ghulam ^a   Ghafoor, Abdul ^a   Qadir, Manzoor ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

City effluent; Heavy metals; Leaves; Permissible limit; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749033188     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3052     Document Type: Article

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