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Plants tackle explosive contamination

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 161–163 (2006)Cite this article

Another toxic explosive is now amenable to phytoremediation, but the political will to implement this technology remains in doubt.

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Figure 1: Phytoremediation of toxic explosives.

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