Citric Acid Assisted Phytoremediation of Chromium through Sunflower Plants Irrigated with Tannery Wastewater

Heavy metals are rapidly polluting the environment as a result of growing industrialization and urbanization. The presence of high concentrations of chromium (Cr), along with other pollutants, is widespread in tannery wastewater. In Pakistan, as a result of a severe shortage of irrigation water, far...

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Main Authors: Ali Imran Mallhi, Shahzad Ali Shahid Chatha, Abdullah Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Rizwan, Syed Asad Hussain Bukhar, Afzal Hussain, Zahid Imran Mallhi, Shafaqat Ali, Abeer Hashem, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah, Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni, Parvaiz Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/3/380