1st Edition

Heavy Metal Tolerance in Plants Evolutionary Aspects

By Jonathan Shaw Copyright 1989
268 Pages
by CRC Press

268 Pages
by CRC Press

This volume provides a synthesis of recent work on evolutionary aspects of metal tolerance in plants. It presents contributions from scientists with a wide diversity of expertise. It covers the evolution of heavy metal tolerance in groups of plants, fungi, and protists. The book discusses the physiological, genetic and molecular aspects of metal tolerances. It deals with the evolution of... Read more
Tolerance by Ecological and Taxonomic Groups. Vegetation of Metal Contaminated Sites. Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Heavy Metal Tolerance. Evolutionary Aspects of Heavy Metal Tolerance. Index.

Biography

Jonathan Shaw

"...certainly a book for our institutional or personal libraries."
-Journal of Experimental Botany