Micro-Evolutionary Processes in Armeria maritima at Metalliferous Sites.

ABSTRACT: Tolerance to heavy metals in plants is a model process used to study adaptations to extremely unfavorable environments. One species capable of colonizing areas with high contents of heavy metals is Armeria maritima (Mill.) Wild. A. maritima plants growing in metalliferous areas differ in their morphological features and tolerance levels to heavy metals compared to individuals of the same species growing in non-metalliferous areas. The A. maritima adaptations to heavy metals occur at the organismal, tissue, and cellular levels (e.g., the retention of metals in roots, enrichment of the oldest leaves with metals, accumulation of metals in trichomes, and excretion of metals by salt glands of leaf epidermis). This species also undergoes physiological and biochemical adaptat

SUBMITTER: Wierzbicka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10003435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature