Highly efficient xylem transport of arsenite in the arsenic hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 434-441

  Su, Y H ^a,b   McGrath, S P ^a   Zhu, Y G ^c   Zhao, F J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Arsenic speciation; Arsenite; Hyperaccumulation; Pteris vittata; Xylem sap.

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARSENIC; ARSENITE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FERN; HYPERACCUMULATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRANSLOCATION; XYLEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAKE FERN; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARSENATES; ARSENITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMPONENTS; PTERIS; XYLEM;

PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 52649139535     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02584.x     Document Type: Article

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