Uranium absorption ability of sunflower, vetiver and purple guinea grass

Kasetsart Journal - Natural Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Roongtanakiat, Nualchavee ^a   Sudsawad, Pimsiri ^a   Ngernvijit, Narippawat ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Phytoremediation; Purple guinea; Radionuclide; Sunflower; Uranium; V tiver

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; PANICUM MAXIMUM; VETIVERIA;

EID: 77950967391     PISSN: 00755192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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