Metal Nanoparticles in Plants Formation and Action

Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 683-731

  Masarovicová, Elena ^a   Král’Ová, Katarína ^a   Zinjarde, Smita Sachin ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16675-38     Document Type: Chapter

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