EDTA-Enhanced Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: A Review

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 389-416

  Shahid, M ^a   Austruy, A ^b,c   Echevarria, G ^d   Arshad, M ^e   Sanaullah, M ^f   Aslam, M ^a   Nadeem, M ^a   Nasim, W ^a   Dumat, C ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

EDTA; heavy metals; mobilization; phytoextraction; speciation

Indexed keywords

EDTA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; ETHYLENE DIAMINE TETRA-ACETIC ACID; HEAVY METAL REMEDIATION; MOBILIZATION; PHYTOEXTRACTION; PHYTOEXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; SPECIATION;

BIOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; METALS; SOLUBILITY;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 84890768123     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2014.831029     Document Type: Article

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