The importance of vanadium (V) in the functioning of land systems is extremely diverse, as
this element may exert both positive and harmful effects on terrestrial organisms. It recently …

Studies involving the effects of long‐term exposure of plants to cadmium (Cd) are not usual,
hence, data about Cd‐induced impacts on plant reproductive organs are scarce. The lack of …

The present study aimed to investigate the Cd-induced transgenerational effects on plants.
Grafted tomato plants, which exhibited the same cultivar as scion and distinct cultivars with …

Biscutella auriculata L. is one of the rare species that is able to grow in a very contaminated
mining area in Villamayor de Calatrava (Ciudad Real, Spain). In an effort to understand the …

Biscutella laevigata is the strongest known thallium (Tl) hyperaccumulator plant species.
However, little is known about the ecophysiological processes leading to root uptake and …

Self-sustaining vegetation in metal-contaminated areas is essential for rebuilding the
ecological resilience and community stability in degraded lands. Metal-tolerant plants …

Plants have numerous strategies for phytoremediation depending upon the characteristic of
pollutants. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are essential to the process of …

The molecular biology and genetics of the Ni–Cd–Zn hyperaccumulator Noccaea
caerulescens has been extensively studied, but no information is yet available on Ni and Zn …

Purpose Plant reproduction in metalliferous habitats is challenged by elevated
concentrations of metal trace elements in soil. As part of their survival strategy, metal-tolerant …

Vegetative tissues of metal (loid)‐hyperaccumulating plants are widely used to study plant
metal homeostasis and adaptation to metalliferous soils, but little is known about these …