Advances in agronomic management of phytoremediation: Methods and results from a 10-year study of metal-polluted soils

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Vamerali, Teofilo ^a   Marchiol, Luca ^b   Bandiera, Marianna ^c   Fellet, Guido ^b   Dickinson, Nicholas M ^d   Lucchini, Paola ^c   Mosca, Giuliano ^c   Zerbi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agronomic practices; Crop species; Heavy metals; Phytoremediation; Roots; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOAVAILABILITY; FODDER; IMMOBILIZATION; METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84872934540     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e42     Document Type: Article

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