Arundo donax L., a Candidate for Phytomanaging Water and Soils Contaminated by Trace Elements and Producing Plant-Based Feedstock. A Review

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 982-1017

  Nsanganwimana, F ^a,b,c   Marchand, L ^a,b   Douay, F ^c   Mench, M ^a,b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Mines Douai   (France)

Author keywords

bioenergy; biomass; constructed wetland; metal; metalloid; phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; METAL; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ENDOPHYTES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; WETLANDS;

EID: 84893674729     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2013.810580     Document Type: Review

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