Metal tolerance and hyperaccumulation: Costs and trade-offs between traits and environment

Environmental and Experimental Botany - Tập 68 - Trang 1-13 - 2010
Elena Maestri1, Marta Marmiroli1, Giovanna Visioli1, Nelson Marmiroli1
1Division of Genetics and Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Parma, Viale G.P. Usberti 11/A, 43100 Parma, Italy

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