Phytoextraction of metals: Modeling root metal uptake and associated processes

Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Trakal, Lukáš ^a   Martínez Fernández, Domingo ^a   Vítková, Martina ^a   Komárek, Michael ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Metal tolerance; Photosynthesis; Phytoremediation; Salix spp; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944588408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10395-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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