Phytoremediation: The application of vermicompost to remove zinc, cadmium, copper, nickel and lead by sunflower plant

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-558

  Jadia, Chhotu D ^a   Fulekar, Madhusudan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Helianthus annuus; Phytotoxicity; Remediation uptake

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 57249084022     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2008.078     Document Type: Article

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