Plant growth stage influences heavy metal accumulation in leafy vegetables of garden cress and sweet basil

Abstract Background Contamination of vegetable crops with heavy metals is a great threat to human health. On the other hand, monitoring plant tissue content of heavy metals at different growth stages could have important implications. In this study, shoot and root samples of garden cress and sweet b...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Kazem Souri, Mansoure Hatamian, Tsehaye Tesfamariam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-12-01
Series:Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-019-0170-3