Phenotypic seedling responses of a metal-tolerant mutant line of sunflower growing on a Cu-contaminated soil series: potential uses for biomonitoring of Cu exposure and phytoremediation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 377-397

  Kolbas, Aliaksandr ^a,b,c   Marchand, Lilian ^a,b   Herzig, Rolf ^d   Nehnevajova, Erika ^d   Mench, Michel ^a,b  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Brest State University   (Belarus)

^d Phytotech Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Helianthus annuus L; Phytoextraction; Phytotoxicity; Shoot Cu removal; Soil pore water

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; POREWATER; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 84925541892     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1974-8     Document Type: Article

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