An engineered plant that accumulates higher levels of heavy metals than Thlaspi caerulescens, with yields of 100 times more biomass in mine soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-485

  Martínez, Mar ^a   Bernal, Pilar ^b   Almela, Concepción ^c   Vélez, Dinoraz ^c   García Agustín, Pilar ^d   Serrano, Ramón ^a   Navarro Aviñó, Juan ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d ESTCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boron; Nicotiana glauca; Phytochelatin synthase; Phytoremediation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BORON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENES; HEAVY METALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

NICOTIANA GLAUCA; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PHYTOREMEDIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

BORON; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BORON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GENES; HEAVY METALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SOILS;

ACCUMULATION; ANGIOSPERM; BIOMASS; BORON; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SHRUB; SOIL REMEDIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT YIELD; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

NICOTIANA GLAUCA; THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 33747040306     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.10.044     Document Type: Article

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