Phytomining and hyperaccumulation of constituents of potential concern that deem vegetation grown on rehabilitated soil or irrigated with mine water unsafe for use.
Coaltech Research Project E2020-3
By Wayne F. Truter, Ernestine Schmidhuber, and JW Hurter | October 2024
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