Toxicity effects of olive-mill wastewater on growth, photosynthesis and pollen morphology of spinach plants

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 69-75

  Asfi, Maria ^a,b   Ouzounidou, Georgia ^a   Panajiotidis, Sampson ^c   Therios, Ioannis ^d   Moustakas, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Olive mill wastewater; Phenolic compounds; Phytotoxicity; Pollen; Proline; Sugars

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PROLINE; SPOROPOLLENIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; DILUTION; FATTY ACID; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLYMERIZATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEAF AREA; NONHUMAN; OLIVE MILL WASTE WATER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLLEN; SPINACH; WASTE WATER;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OLEA; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT OILS; POLLEN; SPINACIA OLERACEA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 84860534715     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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