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Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

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Li, Lianzhen, Luo, Yongming, Li, Ruijie, Zhou, Qian, Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M., Yin, Na, Yang, Jie, Tu, Chen, Zhang, Yunchao·2020·Nature Sustainability

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Authors: Li, L., Luo, Y., Li, R., Zhou, Q., Peijnenburg, W. J. G. M., Yin, N., Yang, J., Tu, C., & Zhang, Y.
Affiliations: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Leiden University (NL)
ORCID: Li, Lianzhen
Luo, Yongming
Li, Ruijie
Zhou, Qian
Peijnenburg, Willie J. G. M.
Yin, Na
Yang, Jie
Tu, Chen
Zhang, Yunchao
Venue: Nature Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2020-07-13
Volume: 3
Issue: 11
Pages: 929-937
ISSN: 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0567-9
OpenAlex: W3041084130
Cited by: 1,479
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 226 · 2025: 308 · 2024: 316 · 2023: 277 · 2022: 214 · 2021: 120 · 2020: 16
FWCI: 38.66
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: Nature Sustainability (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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Knowledge Repository of Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, CAS (Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research) (submittedVersion)
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Rivm (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877142, 41991330)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (QYZDJSSW-DQC015, DQC015)
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
Keywords: microplastics, cultivated plants, plant uptake, lateral root emergence, treated wastewater irrigation

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