Zinc and copper uptake by silver beet grown in secondary treated effluent

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2537-2543

  Nair, Jaya ^a   Levitan, Jason ^a   Oyama, Noraisha ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper; Heavy metals; Silver beet; Wastewater reuse; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

SILVER BEET; WASTEWATER REUSE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

COPPER; ZINC;

COPPER; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HEAVY METALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; CROP YIELD; EFFLUENT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BEET; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BETA VULGARIS; COPPER; PLANT SHOOTS; WATER; ZINC;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 38849108925     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.04.043     Document Type: Article

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