Metal tolerance and hyperaccumulation: Costs and trade-offs between traits and environment

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Maestri, Elena ^a   Marmiroli, Marta ^a   Visioli, Giovanna ^a   Marmiroli, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance; Model plants; Trade off

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HERB; HYPERACCUMULATION; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS HALLERI; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 72149117114     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2009.10.011     Document Type: Review

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