Identification of the hyper accumulator plants in copper and iron mine in Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 490-492

  Malayeri, Behrouz E ^a   Chehregani, Abdolkarim ^a   Yousefi, Nafiseh ^a   Lorestani, Bahareh ^b  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heavy metal; Hyper accumulator plants; Phytoremediation; Pollution

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; IRAN; METABOLISM; MINING; PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COPPER; IRAN; IRON; MINING; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 53649087828     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.490.492     Document Type: Article

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