Heavy metal tolerance of weed species and their accumulations by phytoextraction

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-290

  Sanghamitra, K ^a   Prasada Rao, P V V ^b   Naidu, G R K ^c  

^a VEL TECH RANGARAJAN DR SAGUNTHALA R D INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

BCF; Cadmium; Parthenium hysterophorus L.; Phytoextraction; TF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900660594     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i3/29984     Document Type: Article

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