Effect of plant age on PCB accumulation by Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Low, Jennifer E ^a   Whitfield Åslund, Melissa L ^a   Rutter, Allison ^b   Zeeb, Barbara A ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLORS; CONCENTRATION OF; CUCURBITA PEPO; FRESH WEIGHT; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; GROWTH PERIOD; INDUSTRIAL SITES; OPTIMAL TIME; PCB CONCENTRATION; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PLANT SHOOTS; SHOOT TISSUE; WEATHERED SOILS;

HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SOILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AROCLOR 1248;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NONHUMAN; PLANT AGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; SOIL POLLUTION; SQUASH; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CUCURBITA; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CUCURBITA PEPO; PEPO;

EID: 75149161345     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0169     Document Type: Article

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