Ferns: heavy metal guzzlers
Submitted by rummykhan on Sat, 2011-05-14 11:46
IT WAS in 2001 that scientists in the US first identified the capability of brake fern, or Pteris vittata, to absorb large quantities of arsenic present in the soil or water. Since then biologists across the world have been trying to explore more about the role plant plays in absorbing heavy metals.
Mark Content Private(Internal):
External URL:
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/ferns-heavy-metal-guzzlers
Main Type:
dte
May 31, 2011
Publication Date:
31/05/2011