Bioremediation potential of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) for decontamination of cadmium in soil

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1359-1363

  Salaskar, Darshana ^a   Shrivastava, Manoj ^a   Kale, Sharad P ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Cadmium; Spinacia oleracea; Toxicity; Trigonella foenum

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 84860668744     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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