African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12497

Review

Introducing cotton farming by the use of transgenic cotton for phytoremediation of industrial wastes polluted soils in Southern Nigeria

Nnaemeka E. Vitalis
  • Nnaemeka E. Vitalis
  • Plant Genomics and Molecular Improvement of Colored Fiber Lab, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang, China.
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Yuqiang Sun
  • Yuqiang Sun
  • Plant Genomics and Molecular Improvement of Colored Fiber Lab, College of Life Science and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang, China.
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  •  Received: 29 June 2021
  •  Accepted: 18 August 2021
  •  Published: 31 October 2023

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