Phytochelatins and Metal Tolerance

Environmental Pollution and Plant Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 367-382

  Mehra, Rajesh K ^a   Tripathi, Rudra D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780203756935-21     Document Type: Chapter

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