Effects of amendments on the uptake and distribution of DDT in Cucurbita pepo ssp pepo plants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 508-513

  Whitfield Åslund, Melissa L ^a   Lunney, Alissa I ^a   Rutter, Allison ^b   Zeeb, Barbara A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation; Soil amendments

Indexed keywords

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL AMENDMENTS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOREMEDIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

SOILS;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; GREENHOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; QUALITY CONTROL; SHOOT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SQUASH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CUCURBITA; DDT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 74249090983     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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