Effects of Different Soil Amendments on Mixed Heavy Metals Contamination in Vetiver Grass

Ng CC 1 , Boyce AN 2 , Rahman MM 2 , Abas MR 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 Faculty of Science, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol, 2016 Nov;97(5):695-701.
PMID: 27655078

Abstract

Three different types of low cost soil amendments, namely, EDTA, elemental S and N-fertilizer, were investigated with Vetiver grass, Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash growing under highly mixed Cd-Pb contamination conditions. A significant increase (p 

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