Potential of Medicago sativa for uptake of cadmium from contaminated environment

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4164-4169

  Singh, Anamika ^a   Eapen, Susan ^a   Fulekar, M H ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Hydroponic; Medicago sativa; Potential; Uptake

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 70449369523     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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