Synthesis of phytochelatins in vetiver grass upon lead exposure in the presence of phosphorus

Plant and Soil

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Andra, Syam S ^a   Datta, Rupali ^b   Sarkar, Dibyendu ^c   Makris, Konstantinos C ^d   Mullens, Conor P ^a   Sahi, Shivendra V ^e   Bach, Stephan B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroponics; Lead based paint; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Phytochelatins; Phytoremediation; Vetiver

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; GRASS; HYDROPONICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLYMER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOXICITY;

VETIVERIA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 72149107848     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9992-2     Document Type: Article

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