Salt separation processes in the saltcedar Tamarix ramosissima (Ledeb.)

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1271-1281

  Sookbirsingh, Rudy ^a   Castillo, Karina ^a   Gill, Thomas E ^a   Chianelli, Russell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Halophytes; Phytoremediation; Salt cedar; Tamarix; Vesiculated trichome

Indexed keywords

ANION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CATION; CULTIVATION; HALOPHYTE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POTASSIUM; SALINIZATION; SHRUB; TRICHOME;

TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 77952618146     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103621003734281     Document Type: Article

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