Heavy metal concentrations in soils and accumulation in plants growing in a deserted slag dumpsite in Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3053-3060

  Ogundiran, Mary B ^a   Osibanjo, Oladele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Contamination; Excluder; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANDROPOGON; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CHROMOLAENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUMPING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PASSION FRUIT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

SPOROBOLUS PYRAMIDALIS;

EID: 51849147493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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