Effect of combined pollution of chromium and benzo (a) pyrene on seed growth of Lolium perenne

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-169

  Chigbo, Chibuike ^a   Batty, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B (a) P; Cr; L. perenne; Root length; Shoot length

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CULTIVATION; ELONGATION; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PYRENE; TOXICITY;

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; COMBINED POLLUTIONS; L. PERENNE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; ROOT LENGTH; SHOOT LENGTH; SINGLE-FACTOR EXPERIMENTS;

SEED;

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHROMIUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BENZENE; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GERMINATION; HERB; INHIBITION; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; PYRENE; ROOT SYSTEM; SHOOT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; ROOT LENGTH; SHOOT GROWTH; SOIL POLLUTION; STEM ELONGATION;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 84869867430     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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