Natural variation in cadmium tolerance and its relationship to metal hyperaccumulation for seven populations of Thlaspi caerulescens from western Europe

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1657-1672

  Roosens, N ^a,b   Verbruggen, N ^b   Meerts, P ^b   Ximenez Embun P ^c   Smith, J A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cation selectivity; Metal hyperaccumulation; Metal tolerance; Shoot:root ratio; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; PLANT; TOLERANCE;

EUROPE;

THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0142039900     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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