Heavy metals accumulation and distribution in durum wheat and barley grown in contaminated soils under Mediterranean field conditions

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-174

  Brunetti, Gennaro ^a   Farrag, Karam ^b   Soler Rovira, Pedro ^c   Ferrara, Massimo ^a   Nigro, Franco ^a   Senesi, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; cereal crops; metal contamination; phytoremediation; soil

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84859910944     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2011.603438     Document Type: Article

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