Rhizosphere treatment technology for community waste water treatment

Electronic Journal of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 2661-2666

  Preetha, R ^a   Senthil Kumar, T ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nutrient removal; Plant uptake; Purification process; Rhizosphere treatment; Waste water

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249084572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15794377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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