Growth and reproductive attributes of radionuclide phytoremediators in the Mediterranean coastal black sands

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 74, 2011, Pages 16781-16792

  Hegazy, A K ^a   Emam, M H ^a   Alatar, A A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Plant growth; Resource allocation; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CAKILE MARITIMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; FRUITING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RUMEX; RUMEX PICTUS; SEEDLING; SENECIO; SENECIO GLAUCUS; SENESCENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 82155164635     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB11.1257     Document Type: Article

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