Citric acid mediated phytoextraction of cadmium by maize (Zea mays L.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1831-1836

  Anwer, S ^a   Ashraf, M ^a,b   Hussain, M ^a   Jamil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871487243     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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