Phytotoxicity of Nitroaromatic Compounds

Research on the effects of nitroaromatic EMs on terrestrial plants has taken a long and winding path that has yet to reach its destination. Early studies were mainly designed to demonstrate that newly developed explosives were not highly phytotoxic or focused on assessing the effects of TNT and related compounds associated with pink water waste on aquatic plants [33-35], Schott and Worthley [34] found that the growth of Lemna perpusilla Torn was reduced at TNT concentrations of 1 mg L 1 

Selected Ecotoxicological Benchmarks for Energetic Materials Established in Standardized Single-Species Toxicity Tests with Terrestrial Plants 

EM Species Soil Type Soil pH OM (%) Clay (%) Toxicity Benchmark Value (mg kg-1) Exposure ERE Ref. 

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