Accumulation of heavy metals in crop plants from Gaza Strip, Palestine and study of the physiological parameters of spinach plants

Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Abou Auda, Mohamed ^a   Abu Zinada, Ismail ^b   Ali, Emad El Shakh ^b  

^a AL AQSA UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metals accumulation; Physiological parameters; Soil; Spinach plant; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755189987     PISSN: 18153852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaubas.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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