Transition metal transporters are of central importance in the plant metal homeostasis network which maintains internal metal concentrations within physiological limits. An overview is given of the functions of known transition metal transporters in the context of the unique chemical properties of their substrates. The modifications of the metal homeostasis network associated with the adaptatio...

Noccaea brachypetala is a close relative of caerulescens , model plant species used in metal hyperaccumulation studies. In previous survey the Catalan Pyrenees, we found two occidental and oriental N. populations growing on non-metalliferous soils, with accumulated high concentrations Cd Zn. Our hypothesis was that microbiome companion roots may influence ability these plants to absorb metals. ...

Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation technologies have been developed to treat contaminated soil, but a biology-based technology, phytoremediation, is emerging. Phytoremediation includes phytovolatilization, phytostabilization, and phytoextraction using hyperaccum...

Metal hyperaccumulation is a trait present in over 450 higher plant species. Hyperaccumulators are also tolerant to metals, but hyperaccumulation and tolerance are genetically independent traits. The ecological and biological significance of hyperaccumulation is not clear yet. To provide new insights, this review examines recent literature, in particular focusing on the Cd and Zn hyperaccumulat...

Metal hyperaccumulator plants accumulate and detoxify extraordinarily high concentrations of metal ions in their shoots. Metal hyperaccumulation is a fascinating phenomenon, which has interested scientists for over a century. Hyperaccumulators constitute an exceptional biological material for understanding mechanisms regulating plant metal homeostasis as well as plant adaptation to extreme meta...

A new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of Rinorea (Violaceae), Rinorea niccolifera Fernando, from Luzon Island, Philippines, is described and illustrated. This species is most similar to the widespread Rinorea bengalensis by its fasciculate inflorescences and smooth subglobose fruits with 3 seeds, but it differs by its glabrous ovary with shorter style (5 mm long), the summit of the staminal t...

Abeli, T., Dalrymple, S.E., Mondoni, A., Orsenigo, S., and Rossi, G. 2014. Integrating a biogeographical approach into assisted colonization activities is urgently needed. Plant Biosyst. 148(6):13551357. Adamidis, G.C., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Manolis, A., and Papageorgiou, A.C. 2014. Genetic diversity and population structure of the serpentine endemic Ni hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum. Plan...

Phytoremediation is gaining interest in recent years as it a simple and effective strategy for heavy metal decontamination. The most straightforward successful clean-up searching efficient hyperaccumulator species that grow naturally contaminated sites. present study, therefore, the first detailed account of potentialities neglected underutilized (NUS) species, Cleome rutidosperma DC . Hydropon...