Plants disarm soil: engineering plants for the phytoremediation of explosives

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Rylott, Elizabeth L ^a   Bruce, Neil C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GROUND WATERS; PERENNIAL GRASS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS; XENOBIOTIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

DETOXIFICATION;

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; CYCLONITE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

BIOENGINEERING; DETOXIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT METABOLISM; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 58849157230     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2008.11.001     Document Type: Review

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