Volatile toluene and xylene removal efficiency of foliage plants as affected by top to root zone size

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-234

  Kim, Kwang Jin ^a   Jung, Hyun Hwan ^a   Seo, Hyo Won ^a   Lee, Jung A ^a   Kays, Stanley J ^b  

^a Rural Development Administration   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Phytoremediation; Top to media ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894028483     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.2.230     Document Type: Article

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