Some Plant Accumulators of the Micronutrient Elements

Beeson, Kenneth C.; Lazar, V.; Boyce, Stephen G.

doi:10.2307/1931443

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“…biflora and var. sylvatica) (Nyssaceae) shows exceptional Co accumulation (as much as 845 μg g À1 ) from normal soils (Beeson et al 1955;Kubota et al 1960;Brooks et al 1977c). Brooks (1977) reported as much as 10,220 μg g À1 foliar Co in Haumaniastrum robertii (Lamiaceae) from The Democratic Republic of the Congo.…”

Section: Cobalt and Coppermentioning

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Global Distribution and Ecology of Hyperaccumulator Plants

Reeves¹,

Ent²,

Baker³

2017

Agromining: Farming for Metals

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A large body of analytical data is available on the inorganic composition of many thousands of plant species, for which typical concentration ranges have been tabulated for major, minor, and trace elements. These elements include those that have been shown essential for plant growth, as well as others that lack this status, at least universally. Metalliferous soils, having abnormally high concentrations of some of the elements that are generally present only at minor (e.g. 200-2000 μg g À1 ) or trace (e.g. 0.1-200 μg g À1 ) levels, vary widely in their effects on plants and have attracted increasing attention during the last 50 years. The effects depend on the species, the relevant elements, and soil characteristics that influence the availability of metals to plants. Some of these soils are toxic to all or most higher plants. Others have hosted the development of specialized plant communities consisting of a restricted and locally characteristic range of metal-tolerant species. These plants often show a slightly elevated concentration of the elements with which the soil is enriched, but in places a species exhibits extreme accumulation of one or more of these elements, to a concentration level that may be hundreds or even thousands of times greater than that usually found in plants on the most common soils. These plants, now widely referred to as hyperaccumulators, are a remarkable resource for many types of fundamental scientific investigation (plant systematics, ecophysiology, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology) and for applications such as phytoremediation and agromining, and are discussed in detail below.

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Section: Cobalt and Coppermentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Distribution and Ecology of Hyperaccumulator Plants

Reeves¹,

Ent²,

Baker³

2017

Agromining: Farming for Metals

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“…BEESON et al (4) reported that I/ex glabra and Clethra alnifolia were especially high in Zn, containing 26.5 to 61.4. Sorbu.!…”

Section: Zinc Accumulating Specificity Of Plant Taxamentioning

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“…On the other hand, in excess it often exerts hazardous effects on plants and animals. Many papers have thus been published on the Zn content of plants including component species of forest vegetation (4,8,9,21,29 ). Some plants have been reported to accumulate considerable amounts of Zn when growing near Zn ore deposits or Zn smelters (2,3,6,7,12,24,34,35,38,39).…”

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Distribution of zinc and cadmium in the temperate forest taxa of Central Japan

Memon

Itô

Yatazawa

1980

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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“…sylvatica (tupelo or black gum), as well as its other subspecies, can accumulate relatively high concentrations of Co. This initial discovery was made by Beeson et al (1955) who reported that Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora (swamp black gum) contained up to 31 fj,g g~' Co (dry mass) compared with <0.1 |J.g g" 1 in other plants collected from the same sites.…”

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Cobalt and nickel accumulation inNyssa(tupelo) species and its significance for New Zealand agriculture

Robinson

Brooks

Hedley

1999

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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Ninety-seven leaf samples taken from three cobalt-accumulating species of Nyssa (tupelo) growing at various localities in New Zealand were analysed for Co and Ni to examine the range of Co and Ni concentrations found in New Zealand specimens, as well as to determine whether their Co content was a measure of the Co status of the soils. A further aim was to establish whether leaves could be used as a feed supplement to sheep and cattle in order to avoid Co deficiency in farm animals. Maximum Co andNi concentrations were 95 and 32 jag g" 1 (dry mass) in leaves oiN. sylvatica with geometric means of 7.1 and 4.0 f-lg g" 1 , respectively. Comparable values were obtained for N. aquatica and N. sinensis. Bioaccumulation coefficients (BAC, i.e., plant/soil Co or Ni quotients) were 4-6 times higher for Co than for Ni and showed a disproportionately high uptake of Co compared with Ni. BAC values increased exponentially with decreasing Co concentrations in the soil, thus highlighting the possibility of using Nyssa to recover Co from soils impoverished in this element. It was calculated that leaf fall from three Nyssa trees, when used as a feed supplement, may

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Some Plant Accumulators of the Micronutrient Elements

Cited by 26 publications

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Global Distribution and Ecology of Hyperaccumulator Plants

Global Distribution and Ecology of Hyperaccumulator Plants

Distribution of zinc and cadmium in the temperate forest taxa of Central Japan

Cobalt and nickel accumulation inNyssa(tupelo) species and its significance for New Zealand agriculture

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