Treatment of Cr3+ contaminated soil by solid tea wastage I. A study of physiological processes of Vigna radiata

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1129-1136

  Azmat, Rafia ^a   Akhter, Yasmeen ^a   Ahmed, Tehseen ^b   Qureshi, Sara ^a  

^a JINNAH UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 77952911678     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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