Accumulation of heavy metals by lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) irrigated with different levels of wastewater of Quetta City

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2953-2960

  Khan Achakzai, Abdul Kabir ^a   Ahmed Bazai, Zahoor ^a   Ali Kayani, Safdar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 84871526512     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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