Bioremediation of atrazine-contaminated soil by forage grasses: Transformation, uptake, and detoxification

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 196-206

  Lin, C H ^a   Lerch, R N ^b   Garrett, H E ^a   George, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; DETOXIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FORAGE GRASSES; METABOLITE PATTERNS; VEGETATION BUFFER DESIGN;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CARBON; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; DEALKYLATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FORAGE; GRASS; HYDROXYLATION; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; RHIZOSPHERE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ATRAZINE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HERBICIDES; HYDROXYLATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BROMUS SECALINUS; DACTYLIS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE;

EID: 38349114524     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0503     Document Type: Article

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