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Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress

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The growth of whole plants or of plant parts is frequently used as an easily measurable parameter to monitor the effects of various stressors. Growth changes are often the first and most obvious reactions of plants under stress. In particular, those organs which have the first direct contact with noxious substances, normally the roots in contaminated soils, show rapid and sensitive changes in their growth characteristics (Baker and Walker 1989).

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Hagemeyer, J. (1999). Ecophysiology of Plant Growth Under Heavy Metal Stress. In: Heavy Metal Stress in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07745-0_8

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