Uptake of heavy metals by Jatropha curcas L. Planted in soils containing Sewage sludge

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1291-1299

  Ahmadpour, Parisa ^a   Nawi, Azmi Mat ^a   Abdu, Arifin ^a   Abdul Hamid, Hazandy ^a   Singh, Daljit Karam ^a   Hassan, Affendy ^b   Majid, Nik Muhamad ^a   Jusop, Shamshuddin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Jatropha curcas; Phytoremediation; Plant growth; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951786260     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2010.1291.1299     Document Type: Article

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