Selenium is an essential element for animal health, but it can be also be toxic in high concentrations. Plants are known to exploit this by storing high levels of selenium in their leaves and effectively poisoning...
Tag - hyperaccumulation
William Salter
Plant defences can be overwhelmed by a snail’s sweet tooth
Building up toxic metals in the leaves won't deter snails from taking a nibble, if the leaf is sweet enough.
Alun Salt
Is hyperaccumulation of nickel worthwhile in non-serpentine soils?
Ni-hyperaccumulating species produce high-Ni litters and potentially influence important ecosystem processes such as decomposition. According to the elemental allelopathy hypothesis of hyperaccumulation, the restriction...
botanyone
Excessive sulphur accumulation and ionic storage behaviour identified in species of Acacia (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
Thiophores, which are typically desert gypsophytes, accumulate high (2–6 % S dry weight) sulphur concentrations and may possess unique tolerance to environmental stress factors, e.g. sulphate/metal toxicity, drought and...
Heavy Metal Plant LIVES ON ROCK
If plants did rock out at concerts then the one above would definitely be Bornmuellera to be wild. Some plants like to be in sunlight in well-drained soils. Others need moist potting and the shade. Bornmuellera...
Nickel hyperaccumulation and systematics of Alysseae
Nickel hyperaccumulation and systematics of Alysseae Nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulation is a rare form of physiological specialization shared by a small number of angiosperms growing on ultramafic soils. Molecular...
