The concentrations in plant parts depend both on intrinsic and extrinsic factors and vary
greatly for different species and for different metals. Responses by plant species to exposure …

Accumulation of heavy metals in selective locations of the environment has been attracting
considerable public attention over the last decades. The conventional clean-up technologies …

This book helps readers understand the fundamental principles and phenomena that control
the transfer of trace elements. It describes the occurrence and behavior of trace elements in …

Soil, air and water pollution caused by the mobility and solubility of heavy metals
significantly damages the environment, human health, plants and animals. One common in …

Phytoremediation is a developing technology that can potentially address the problems of
contaminated agricultural land or more intensely polluted areas affected by urban or …

Background Plants contain relatively few cell types, each contributing a specialized role in
shaping plant function. With respect to plant nutrition, different cell types accumulate certain …

Cellular compartmentation of Zn in the leaves of the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens
was investigated using energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis and single-cell sap extraction …

Nickel uptake and cellular compartmentation were investigated in three Ni
hyperaccumulators: Alyssum bertolonii (Desv), Alyssum lesbiacum (Candargy) and Thlaspi …

Contents Summary 432 I. Introduction 433 II. Preparation of plant samples for X‐ray micro‐
analysis 433 III. X‐ray elemental mapping techniques 438 IV. X‐ray data analysis 442 V …

Plants allocate nutrients to specific leaf cell types; eudicots are thought to predominantly
allocate phosphorus (P) to epidermal/bundle sheath cells. However, three Proteaceae …