Phytoremediation of heavy metals by Trifolium alexandrinum

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1459-1469

  Ali, Hazrat ^a   Naseer, Muhammad ^a   Sajad, Muhammad Anwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Phytoextraction; Phytoremediation; Soil pollution; Trifolium alexandrinum

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; EXTRACTION METHOD; HEAVY METAL; PHYSICAL METHOD; PHYTOREMEDIATION; ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 84862750529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18041930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6088/ijes.002020300031     Document Type: Article

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