Arabidopsis halleri shows hyperbioindicator behaviour for Pb and leaf Pb accumulation spatially separated from Zn

What is it about?

Lead (Pb) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, yet little is known about its entry into food webs and the human food chain. We studied leaf Pb accumulation by the metallophyte Arabidopsis halleri and establish it as a good model to dissect the mechanisms of plant-Pb interaction.

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