The term “hyperaccumulator” describes a number of plants that belong to distantly related
families, but share the ability to grow on metalliferous soils and to accumulate extraordinarily …

Heavy metals are often present naturally in soils, but many human activities (eg mining,
agriculture, sewage processing, the metal industry and automobiles) increase their …

Hyperaccumulators are being intensely investigated. They are not only interesting in
scientific context due to their “strange” behavior in terms of dealing with high concentrations …

Acclimation of hyperaccumulators to heavy metal‐induced stress is crucial for
phytoremediation and was investigated using the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens …

Elemental hyperaccumulation may have several functions, including plant defense against
natural enemies. A total of 34 studies, including 72 experimental tests, have been conducted …

Farmers have used metal compounds in phytosanitary treatments for more than a century;
however, it has recently been suggested that plants absorb high concentrations of metals …

Certain plant species hyperaccumulate selenium (Se) up to 0.6% of their dry weight. It is not
known whether Se hyperaccumulation offers the plants any advantage. In this study the …

The amphibious water plant Crassula helmsii is an invasive copper (Cu)-tolerant neophyte
in Europe. It now turned out to accumulate Cu up to more than 9,000 ppm in its shoots at 10 …

Plants and their associated microbes can be used in the cleanup and prevention of
environmental pollution. This relatively new and growing technology uses natural processes …

We investigated changes in mineral nutrient uptake and cellular expression levels for metal
transporter genes in the cadmium (Cd)/zinc (Zn) hyperaccumulator, Thlaspi caerulescens …