Metal accumulation and tolerance in wetland plants

Abstract

This paper briefly reviews the progress in studies of wetland plants in terms of heavy metal pollution. The current research mainly includes the following areas: (1) metal uptake, translocation, and distributions in wetland plants and toxicological effects on wetland plants, (2) radial oxygen loss (ROL) of wetland plants and its effects on metal mobility in rhizosphere soils, (3) constitutional metal tolerance in wetland plants, and (4) mechanisms of metal tolerance by wetland plants. Although a number of accomplishments have been achieved, many issues still remain unanswered. The future research effort is likely to focus on the ROL of wetland plants affecting metal speciation and bioavailability in rhizosphere soils, and the development of rhizosphere management technologies to facilitate and improve practical applications of phytoremediation of metal-polluted soils.

Keywords

metal tolerance / wetland plants / mobility / radial oxygen loss (ROL)

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30570345) and Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education in Colleges and University, China (No. 20558097).

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