| health risk assessment and growth characteristics of wheat and maize crops irrigated with contaminated wastewater. | the present study evaluated the effect of untreated wastewater irrigation and its health risks in triticum aestivum (wheat) and zea mays (maize) cultivated at south cairo, egypt. morphological measurements (stem and root lengths, number of leaves per plant, and dry weights of main organs) as well as soil, irrigation water, and plant analyses for nutrients and heavy metals were conducted in polluted and unpolluted sites. wastewater irrigations leads to reduction in the morphological traits of the ... | 2017 | 28971323 |