Localization of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in poplar and switchgrass plants using phosphor imager autoradiography

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 470-475

  Brentner, Laura B ^a   Mukherji, Sachiyo T ^b   Walsh, Susan A ^c   Schnoor, Jerald L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3,5 Trinitro 1,3,5 triazine (RDX); 2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene (TNT); Autoradiography; Nuclear waste; Phosphor imager; Phytoremediation; Radioactive material

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; COTTON; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT EMISSION; METABOLITES; PHOSPHORS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

1,3,5-TRINITRO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE (RDX); 2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; HEXAHYDRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRINITRO-1 ,3 ,5-TRIAZINE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POPULUS DELTOIDES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CYCLONITE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; METABOLITE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOLUENE; VISUALIZATION; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MILLET; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 74249089510     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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