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Impact of urban particulate pollution load on accumulation of heavy metals in Triticum aestivum L. Plants [1]

Air quality deterioration, especially in urban areas of developing countries, is one of the most alerting problems of modern civilization. Present investigation shows the impact of atmospheric deposition on accumulation and translocation of heavy metals in different parts of wheat plants. Results depicted that metal accumulation was higher at sites with higher pollution load than sites having less pollution.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2007
A. Singh [2], S. B. Agrawal [3]
Indian Journal of Environmental Protection [4]
27
10
890
Tags:
Environment [5], Wheat [6], Heavy Metals [7], Urban Air Quality [8], SPM [9], India [10], Uttar Pradesh [11], Allahabad (T) [12], Air Pollution [13]
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