Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology

Vidiro Gei; Peter D. Erskine; Hugh H. Harris; Guillaume Echevarria; Jolanta Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz; Alban D. Barnabas; Wojciech J. Przybyłowicz; Peter M. Kopittke; Antony van der Ent

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61899-9_7

Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology

Vidiro Gei
, Peter D. Erskine
, Hugh H. Harris
, Guillaume Echevarria
, Jolanta Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz
, Alban D. Barnabas
, Wojciech J. Przybyłowicz
, Peter M. Kopittke
, Antony van der Ent

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Globally the discovery of hyperaccumulator plants has been hindered by systematic screening of plant species, and is highly biased towards Ni hyperaccumulators. This is mainly due to the existence of a reagent paper test that is only specific to nickel (based on dimethylglyoxime) such that more than 400 of the approximately 500 known hyperaccumulators species are for Ni. New technical advances now permit massive screening of herbarium specimens using non-destructive, portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF), an approach that has already led to the discovery of numerous hyperaccumulator species new to science. The elemental distribution in selected hyperaccumulator plant tissues can then be further studied using techniques such as desktop or synchrotron micro-XRF, nuclear microprobe (PIXE), scanning/transmission electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM/TEM-EDS), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) or laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The use of histochemical dyes combined with light microscopy further aids in the identification of anatomical and structural features of the studied plant tissues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agromining: Farming for Metals
Subtitle of host publication	Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants
Editors	A. van der Ent, G. Echevarria, A.J.M. Baker, J.L. Morel
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	7
Pages	117-133
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319618999
ISBN (Print)	9783319871899
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61899-9_7
Publication status	Published - 9 Sept 2018
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Agromining: Farming for Metals
ISSN (Print)	2365-0559
ISSN (Electronic)	2365-0567

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Gei, V., Erskine, P. D., Harris, H. H., Echevarria, G., Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz, J., Barnabas, A. D., Przybyłowicz, W. J., Kopittke, P. M., & van der Ent, A. (2018). Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology. In A. van der Ent, G. Echevarria, A. J. M. Baker, & J. L. Morel (Eds.), Agromining: Farming for Metals: Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants (pp. 117-133). (Agromining: Farming for Metals). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61899-9_7

Gei, Vidiro ; Erskine, Peter D. ; Harris, Hugh H. et al. / Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology. Agromining: Farming for Metals: Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants. editor / A. van der Ent ; G. Echevarria ; A.J.M. Baker ; J.L. Morel. Cham : Springer, 2018. pp. 117-133 (Agromining: Farming for Metals).

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Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology. / Gei, Vidiro; Erskine, Peter D.; Harris, Hugh H. et al.
Agromining: Farming for Metals: Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants. ed. / A. van der Ent; G. Echevarria; A.J.M. Baker; J.L. Morel. Cham: Springer, 2018. p. 117-133 (Agromining: Farming for Metals).

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Gei V, Erskine PD, Harris HH, Echevarria G, Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz J, Barnabas AD et al. Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species and Understanding Their Ecophysiology. In van der Ent A, Echevarria G, Baker AJM, Morel JL, editors, Agromining: Farming for Metals: Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants. Cham: Springer. 2018. p. 117-133. (Agromining: Farming for Metals). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-61899-9_7

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