Localisation of nickel and mineral nutrients Ca, K, Fe, Mg by Scanning Electron Microscopy microanalysis in tissues of the nickel-hyperaccumulator Alyssum bertolonii Desv. and the non-accumulator Alyssum montanum L.

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-243

  Marmiroli, M ^a   Gonnelli, C ^b   Maestri, E ^a   Gabbrielli, R ^b   Marmiroli, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alyssum; Elemental composition; Heavy metals; Hyperaccumulator plants; SEM EDX; Serpentine soils

Indexed keywords

ALYSSUM; ALYSSUM BERTOLONII; ALYSSUM MONTANUM;

EID: 11444258557     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500400011126     Document Type: Article

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