Evidence for effects of manufactured nanomaterials on crops is inconclusive

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Lombi, Enzo ^a   Nowack, Bernd ^b   Baun, Anders ^c   McGrath, Steve P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERIUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; BIOSOLID; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LETTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL AMENDMENT;

FOOD QUALITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84870604669     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1214934109     Document Type: Letter

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