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NON HYPERACCUMULATOR PLANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology
CONT

Hyperaccumulator plants accumulate inordinate amounts of one or more heavy metals in their above ground biomass. For a plant to be termed a hyperaccumulator, the metal concentration in its dry biomass must be 100 times that of a non-hyperaccumulator plant grown on the same soil.

Key term(s)
  • non hyperaccumulator plant
  • non hyperaccumulator

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Biotechnologie
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Globalement les seuils de toxicité des polluants minéraux pour les espèces hypertolérantes sont largement supérieurs à ceux des plantes non hyperaccumulatrices (plantes utilisées en phytoextraction).

Key term(s)
  • non-hyperaccumulatrice
  • non-hyperaccumulateur
  • non hyperaccumulateur

Spanish

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