Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.): A possible biomonitor of metal pollution

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 791-797

  Aksoy, A ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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CICHORIUM INTYBUS;

EID: 49349101937     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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