Effect of cadmium on yield and cadmium concentration in the edible tissues of endive (Cichorium endivia L.) and rocket (Eruca sativa Mill.)

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 206-209

  Akoumianakis, Kostantinos A ^a   Passam, Harold C ^a   Barouchas, Pantelis E ^a   Moustakas, Nicholas K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Endive; Heavy metals; Rocket; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CICHORIUM ENDIVIA; ERUCA; ERUCA SATIVA;

EID: 55249083766     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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