Heavy Metal Stress in Plants
Plants possess a range of potential cellular mechanisms that may be involved in the detoxification of heavy metals and thus tolerance to metal stress. Metal toxicity causes multiple direct and indirect effects in plants that concern practically all physio
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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants
Heavy Metal Stress in Plants
Dharmendra K. Gupta Francisco J. Corpas José M. Palma •
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Heavy Metal Stress in Plants
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Editors Dharmendra K. Gupta Francisco J. Corpas José M. Palma Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Granada Spain
ISBN 978-3-642-38468-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-38469-1
ISBN 978-3-642-38469-1
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This book is dedicated to our friend late Mr. José M Corpas Aguirre 1959–2012
Preface
Heavy metals (HM) are conventional elements with properties like ductility, conductivity, stability as cations, ligand specificity, etc., and an atomic number [20. HM such as Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, and Co are essential micronutrients for plant metabolism but when present in excess, these, as well as low levels of non-essential HM such as Cd, Hg, and Pb, can become extremely toxic. Tolerance to HM in plants may be defined as the ability to survive in a soil/water that is toxic to other plants and is manifested by an interaction
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