Plant regeneration of the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata L. from spores and identification of its tolerance and accumulation of arsenic and copper

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Zheng, Yongqiang ^a,b   Xu, Wenzhong ^a   He, Zhenyan ^a   Ma, Mi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Copper; Heavy metal tolerance; Hyperaccumulator; Pteris vittata L.; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 38849105622     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-007-0114-6     Document Type: Article

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