A review on mechanisms of plant tolerance and role of transgenic plants in environmental clean-up

Botanical Review

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-62

  Seth, Chandra Shekhar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chelators; Heavy metals; Phytochelatins; Phytoremediation; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857896436     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-011-9092-x     Document Type: Review

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