Biotechnological approaches to remediate soil and water using plant-microbe interactions

Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 4

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 131-152

  Singh, N P ^a   Sharma, Jitendra Kumar ^a   Santal, Anita Rani ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Heavy metal pollution; Phytoremediation; Plant microbe interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017069087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41811-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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