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Elemental content of three plant species growing on abandoned fly ash landfill [1]

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Differences in foliage tissue concentration of elements were assessed for Prosopis juliflora, Calotropis gigantia and Ipomoea fistulosa growing on abandoned fly ash and a control soil. In general, plants from the fly ash exhibited reduced concentrations of N, K, Ca, Mg, S and Mn while elevated trace element concentration in comparison to the control.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2009
D. R. Chaudhary [2], Arup Ghosh [3], J. Chikara & et al [4]
Indian Forester [5]
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Mining Reclamation [6], Mining [7], Prosopis Juliflora [8], Coal [9], Landfill [10], Flora [11], Gujarat [12], Gandhinagar (D) [13], Fly Ash [14]
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