Use of germination and seedling performance bioassays for assessing revegetation strategies on bauxite residue

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 197, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 15-22

  Courtney, R ^a   Mullen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Germination index (GI); Lolium perenne; Relative root growth; Sodicity; Trifolium pratense

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION INDEX (GI); LOLIUM PERENNE; RELATIVE ROOT GROWTH; SODICITY; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

FORESTRY;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; GERMINATION; GRASS; REVEGETATION; ROOTING; SODICITY;

EID: 58549106556     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9787-8     Document Type: Article

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