Exogenous Oxalic Acid and Citric Acid Improve Lead (Pb) Tolerance of Larix olgensis A. Henry Seedlings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Seed Harvest and Seedling Culture
2.2. Pb Treatment and Organic Acid Addition
2.3. Plant Assays
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Plant Growth Attributes
3.2. Physiological Responses
3.3. Pb Accumulation and Distribution
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Song, J.; Markewitz, D.; Wu, S.; Sang, Y.; Duan, C.; Cui, X. Exogenous Oxalic Acid and Citric Acid Improve Lead (Pb) Tolerance of Larix olgensis A. Henry Seedlings. Forests 2018, 9, 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090510
Song J, Markewitz D, Wu S, Sang Y, Duan C, Cui X. Exogenous Oxalic Acid and Citric Acid Improve Lead (Pb) Tolerance of Larix olgensis A. Henry Seedlings. Forests. 2018; 9(9):510. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090510
Chicago/Turabian StyleSong, JinFeng, Daniel Markewitz, Shaoping Wu, Ying Sang, Chengwei Duan, and XiaoYang Cui. 2018. "Exogenous Oxalic Acid and Citric Acid Improve Lead (Pb) Tolerance of Larix olgensis A. Henry Seedlings" Forests 9, no. 9: 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/f9090510