Effect of lead on root growth

Lead (Pb) is one of the most widespread heavy metal contaminants in soils. It is highly toxic to living organism. Pb has no biological function but can cause morphological, physiological and biochemical dysfunctions in plants. Plants have developed a wide range of tolerance mechanisms that are activ...

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Main Authors: Mouna eFAHR, Laurent eLaplaze, Najib eBENDAOU, Valerie eHOCHER, Mohamed eEL MZIBRI, DIDIER eBOGUSZ, Abdelaziz eSMOUNI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2013.00175/full

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