Cadmium is a non-essential trace metal, which is highly toxic to nearly all living organisms.
Soil pollution causes Cd contamination of crops, thereby rendering plant products …

The prevalence of polyploidy in wild and crop species has stimulated debate over its
evolutionary advantages and disadvantages. Previous studies have focused on changes …

Long-term field monitoring of leaf pigment content is informative for understanding plant
responses to environments distinct from regulated chambers but is impractical by …

Soil contamination with trace metal (loid) elements (TME) is a global concern. This has
focused interest on TME-tolerant plants, some of which can hyperaccumulate extraordinary …

To identify metal adapted bacteria equipped with traits positively influencing the growth of
two hyperaccumulator plant species Arabidopsis arenosa and Arabidopsis halleri, we …

Some plant species tolerate and accumulate high levels of metals or metalloids in their
tissues. The elemental defence hypothesis posits that metal (loid) hyperaccumulation by …

Metals (trace elements) are essential for plants but become toxic at high concentration.
Remarkably, about 700 species worldwide are able to accumulate large quantities of metals …

Evergreeness is a substantial strategy for temperate and boreal plants and is as common as
deciduousness. However, whether evergreen plants switch foliage functions between …

Plants sense and respond to environmental cues during 24 h fluctuations in their
environment. This requires the integration of internal cues such as circadian timing with …

Abstract The Mefite in the Ansanto Valley is one of the largest and oldest cold natural carbon
dioxide springs (CNCDS) known in the world. This site is characterized by toxic …