Hyperaccumulators of heavy metals of industrial areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1925-1933

  Nazir, Ashfaq ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Ajaib, Muhamamd ^b   Khan, Nasrullah ^c   Siddiqui, Muhammad Faheem ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Department of Botany   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHIARIA; MALVASTRUM COROMANDELIANUM;

EID: 80051979517     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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