Agronomy towards the Green Economy. Optimization of metal phytoextraction

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-197

  Marchiol, Luca ^a   Fellet, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Green economy; Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; HEAVY METAL; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84859770805     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.e30     Document Type: Article

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