The pollution of soil by trace elements is a global problem. Conventional methods of soil
remediation are often inapplicable, so it is necessary to search intensively for innovative and …

Ultramafic soils are in equal parts fascinating and dangerous. Developed on rocks derived
predominately from the Earth's mantle and metamorphosed at the ocean floors, ultramafic …

Parasitic angiosperms, comprising a diverse group of flowering plants, are partially or fully
dependent on their hosts to acquire water, mineral nutrients and organic compounds. Some …

Hyperaccumulator plants are able to tolerate extremely high concentrations of
metals/metalloids in the soil in which they grow and to accumulate high concentrations in …

Plants have developed a diversity of strategies to take up and store essential metals in order
to colonize various types of soils including mineralized soils. Yet, our knowledge of the …

Plant parasitism by other plants, combined with abiotic environmental stress, offers a unique
opportunity to study correlational nutritional relationships in terms of parasite–host …

Orobanche laxissima (Orobanchaceae) is a polyphagous holoparasite of the roots of 14
species of trees and shrubs in the Caucasus (the region on the border of Europe and Asia) …

Indonesia has one of the largest surface expressions of ultramafic rocks on Earth and in
parallel hosts one of the most species-rich floras. Despite the extensive knowledge of the …

The elemental defense hypothesis supports that metal hyperaccumulation in plant tissues
serves as a mechanism underpinning plant resistance to herbivores and pathogens. In this …

Plant response to abiotic and biotic stresses was presented in a peculiar and relatively
unknown symbiotic system, which is the relationship between the soil, obligate parasite and …