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hyperaccumulator

(ˌhaɪpərəˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə)
n
(Botany) a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
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Anthocyanin production in the hyperaccumulator plant Noccaea caerulescens in response to herbivory and zinc stress.
Gypsophila sphaerocephala Fenzl ex Tchihat.: a boron hyperaccumulator plant species that may phytoremediate soils with toxic B levels.
Metal hyperaccumulator plants: a review of the ecology and physiology of a biological resource for phytoremediation of metal polluted-soils.
Hormesis effects induced by cadmium on growth and photosynthetic performance in a hyperaccumulator, Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Selenium had no effect on pollen germination in the hyperaccumulator, but it impaired pollen germination in the relative, showing a possible evolutionary cost for selenium accumulation through decreased pollen germination in the non-accumulating taxon.
Endo, "Development of suitable hydroponics system for phytoremediation of arsenic-contaminated water using an arsenic hyperaccumulator plant Pteris vittata," Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, vol.
Firstly, Brooks devised the term hyperaccumulator. According to him, hyperaccumulator defined as the plant which is accumulating efficiently Ni (approx.
During the last two decades, phytoremediation has attained substantial significance and the discovery of hyperaccumulator plants made it more promising because of their ability to accumulate high amount of heavy metals in aerial parts of the body [15, 16].
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