• Uptake, Degradation and Phytotoxicity of RDX by Indigenous Plant Aeschynomene indica (Indian jointvetch) Seedling

  • Younggi Lee1 and Bumhan Bae2*

  • 1K-Water, Daejeon 34350, Korea
    2Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Korea

  • 자생식물 자귀풀 유식물에 의한 RDX 흡수, 분해 및 식물독성

  • 이영기1ㆍ배범한2*

  • 가천대학교 토목환경공학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(5): 49-57

    Published on Oct 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.5.049
  • Received on Aug 21, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 4, 2025
  • Accepted on Oct 2, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Bumhan Bae

  • Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam 13120, Korea

  • E-mail: bhbae@gachon.ac.kr