Determination of some trace metal levels in onion leaves from irrigated farmlands on the bank of River Challawa, Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1526-1529

  Abdullahi, M S ^a   Uzairu, A ^a   Okunola, O J ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Challawa river; Irrigated farmlands; Onion leaves; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ONION; PLANT LEAF; RIVER; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 44649160707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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