Phytoremediation of heavy metals assisted by plant growth promoting (PGP) bacteria: A review

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-40

  Ullah, Abid ^a   Heng, Sun ^a   Munis, Muhammad Farooq Hussain ^b   Fahad, Shah ^a   Yang, Xiyan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Hyper accumulating plants; PGP bacteria; Phytoremediation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYTOREMEDIATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84929574282     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.05.001     Document Type: Review

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