Growth of weed and crop plants under cadmium stress and their phytoremediation potential

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Fotiadis, Eleftherios A ^a   Pritsa, Theodora S ^a   Vardavakis, Emmanouel ^a   Lolas, Petros C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cadmium stress; Crop plants; Heavy metal toxicity; Phytoremediation; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PLANT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; ROOT; SHOOT; SOIL REMEDIATION; WEED;

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; APIUM GRAVEOLENS; APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; CICHORIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS MINOR; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 62249109512     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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