Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Subject "Heavy metal"
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Effect of simulated acid rain on seed germination and on growth and mineral nutrition of Lycopersicon esculentum var. Red kaki
(University of the Western Cape, 1993)The phenomenon of acid rain is not new. It has been active for more than a billion years (Abelson, 1983). The term "acid rain" was introduced as early as 1872 by Robert Angus Smith, the world's first air pollution control ... -
Methylgyoxal signalling in Phaseolus vulgaris under phosphate deficiency
(UWC, 2020)In this study, we observed that phosphate (P) deficiency stunted plant growth and produced plants with poor morphological characteristics (yellow and small leaves). Furthermore, we treated plants with 0.8 mM (control) and ...