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Mouna Fahr1, Laurent Laplaze, Najib Bendaou

  • 1Laboratoire de Physiologie et Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V - Agdal Rabat, Morocco ; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucléaires, Unité de Biologie et Recherches Médicales- Division Sciences du Vivant Rabat, Morocco ; Equipe Rhizogenèse, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité Mixte de Recherche Diversité Adaptation et Developpement des Plantes,Université Montpellier 2 Montpellier, France.

Frontiers in Plant Science
|June 11, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Lead contamination in soil poses a significant threat to plants, affecting root development through various tolerance and response mechanisms. Understanding these plant responses is crucial for managing heavy metal toxicity.

Keywords:
leadrootroot developmenttoleranceuptake

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