Heavy metal toxicity in plants

Plant Adaptation and Phytoremediation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 71-97

  Shah, Fazal Ur Rehman ^a   Ahmad, Nasir ^a   Masood, Khan Rass ^a   Peralta Videa, Jose R ^b   Ahmad, Firoz Ud Din ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Chromium; Heavy metal; Photosynthesis; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920055189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9370-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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