Advances in the application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in phytoremediation of heavy metals

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 223, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-52

  Tak, Hamid Iqbal ^a   Ahmad, Faheem ^a   Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84871823635     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5577-6_2     Document Type: Article

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