Mining activities generally decrease topsoil and vegetation, reduce soil biodiversity, and
yield extremely harsh environmental conditions, which in turn limit natural revegetation and …

Among heavy metal plants (the metallophytes), facultative species can live both in soils
contaminated by an excess of heavy metals and in non-affected sites. In contrast, obligate …

In this study, the effects of inoculating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus mosseae) on
the growth, chlorophyll content, photosynthetic gas exchange parameters, and chlorophyll …

Few plant species, however, of different taxonomic affiliations, can grow on heavy metal
soils. The adaptations of these metallophytes to the adverse conditions of heavy metal soils …

Abstract Background and Aims Viola tricolor L.(heartsease, wild pansy) is a valuable
medicinal plant obtained for pharmaceutical purposes by cultivation. Given that the species …

For years, metallophytes of both natural and human-influenced metalliferous soils have
focussed considerable attention due to their unique appearance and ability to colonize often …

The Violaceae family is rich in metal-tolerant species and species producing cyclic peptides
(cyclotides) that are linked to the resistance to biotic factors. Plants that inhabit areas …

Heavy metal (HM) tolerance, effects on maize growth, heavy metal absorption and
accumulation by endophytic Peyronellaea from HM-contaminated and uncontaminated sites …

Abstract The abandoned Allchar Mine in the Republic of North Macedonia is a globally
unique deposit with the highest known grades of thallium (Tl) and arsenic (As) …

The work was conducted to establish contamination from improper disposal of hazardous
wastes containing lead (Pb) and antimony (Sb) into nearby soils. Besides other elements in …