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PHYTOREMEDIATION OF EXPLOSIVES IN TOXIC WASTES

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Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation

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Selected emergent plants (helophytes) Phragmites australis, Juncus glaucus, Carex gracillis and Typha latifolia were successfully used for degradation of TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene) under in vitro conditions.

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  1. Department of Plant Tissue Cultures, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, AS CR, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610, Praha 6, Czech Republic

    Thomas Vanek, Ales Nepovim, Radka Podlipna & Zuzana Vavrikova

  2. BioPlanta GmbH, Deutscher Platz 5, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Anja Hebner, Andre Gerth & Hardmuth Thomas

  3. Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Charles University, Hlavova 8, Praha 2, Czech Republic

    Stanislav Smrcek

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  1. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland

    Irena Twardowska

  2. Center for Study of Metals in the Environment, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, U.S.A.

    Herbert E. Allen

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.

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    Sebastian Stefaniak

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Vanek, T. et al. (2006). PHYTOREMEDIATION OF EXPLOSIVES IN TOXIC WASTES. In: Twardowska, I., Allen, H.E., Häggblom, M.M., Stefaniak, S. (eds) Soil and Water Pollution Monitoring, Protection and Remediation. NATO Science Series, vol 69. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4728-2_29

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