Growth of Cymbopogon citratus and Vetiveria zizanioides on Cu mine tailings amended with chicken manure and manure-soil mixtures: A pot scale study

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 651-663

  Das, Manab ^a   Maiti, Subodh Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

Author keywords

Chicken manure; Cu mine tailings; Lemon grass; Vetiver grass

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; VETIVERIA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

COPPER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CYMBOPOGON; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; MANURE; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; VETIVERIA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COPPER; CYMBOPOGON; INDIA; MANURE; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VETIVERIA;

EID: 70350445258     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226510802568547     Document Type: Article

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