Nanoscale copper in the soil-plant system - toxicity and underlying potential mechanisms

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-325

  Anjum, Naser A ^a   Adam, Vojtech ^b,c   Kizek, Rene ^c   Duarte, Armando C ^a   Pereira, Eduarda ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^d   Lukatkin, Alexander S ^e   Ahmad, Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e OGAREV MORDOVIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Copper; Metal toxicity; Nanoparticles; Plant tolerance; Soil microbiota; Soil plant system

Indexed keywords

COPPER NANOPARTICLE; COPPER; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

COPPER; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY TEST;

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CYTOTOXICITY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; LIFE CYCLE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

COPPER; EMBRYOPHYTA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIOTA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84924210391     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.019     Document Type: Review

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