An investigation of chromium and nickel uptake in tomato plants irrigated with treated waste water at the Glen Valley farm, Gaborone, Botswana

An investigation of chromium and nickel uptake in tomato plants irrigated with treated waste water at the Glen Valley farm, Gaborone, Botswana

The use of treated waste water for irrigation of vegetable crops is on the increase in Botswana especially in the Glen Valley farms, a peri-urban settlement of Gaborone city. However, the effects of this practice on heavy metals uptake by vegetable crops are uninvestigated. Chromium and nickel have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adetogun, Adeyemo Adekanmi
Other Authors: Prof J J Schoeman
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Ph effect.
Nickel uptake
Chromium uptake
Treated waste water
Tap water
Tomato plants
Irrigation
Sludge absent soil
Sludge amended soil
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28127
Adetogun, AA 2010, An investigation of chromium and nickel uptake in tomato plants irrigated with treated waste water at the Glen Valley farm, Gaborone, Botswana, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28127 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09222011-100815/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28127
Adetogun, AA 2010, An investigation of chromium and nickel uptake in tomato plants irrigated with treated waste water at the Glen Valley farm, Gaborone, Botswana, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28127 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09222011-100815/

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