Screening indoor plants for volatile organic pollutant removal efficiency

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1377-1381

  Yang, Dong Sik ^a   Pennisi, Svoboda V ^a   Son, Ki Cheol ^b   Kays, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzene; Indoor air quality; Octane; Phytoremediation; Toluene; Trichloroethylene; Volatile organic compounds; pinene

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS DENSIFLORUS; FICUS BENJAMINA; FITTONIA; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; HEMIGRAPHIS ALTERNATA; HOYA CARNOSA; POLYSCIAS FRUTICOSA; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA PALLIDA;

EID: 70350020566     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.5.1377     Document Type: Article

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