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PHYTOTOLERANCE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-24

English

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

The hypertolerance of metals is the key plant characteristic required for hyperaccumulation; vacuolar compartmentalization appears to be the source of hypertolerance of natural hyperaccumulator plants.

CONT

This capacity for accumulation is due to hypertolerance, or phytotolerance: the result of adaptative evolution from the plants to hostile environments along multiple generations.

Key term(s)
  • hyper-tolerance
  • phyto-tolerance
  • hyper tolerance

French

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

La propriété d'hyperaccumulation est la conséquence d'une autre propriété, l'hypertolérance (ou phytotolérance) développée par ces plantes au cours de l'évolution, dans les conditions hostiles et toxiques des sites métallifères.

Key term(s)
  • hyper-tolerance
  • phyto-tolerance
  • hyper tolerance

Spanish

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