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Copper localization in Cannabis sativa L. grown in a copper-rich solution

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With the aim to examine its potential as a renewable resource to decontaminate polluted soils, electron microscopy combined with X-ray microanalysis was used to investigate the localization of copper in Cannabis sativa grown in hydroponic copper-rich culture. Cu was found to accumulate preferentially in the upper leaf epidermal cells; it was also detected in spiculae and in abaxial trichomes too. Primary bast fibres seem to be not involved in copper accumulation.

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    Laura Arru, Sara Rognoni, Micaela Baroncini, Piera Medeghini Bonatti & Pierdomenico Perata

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Arru, L., Rognoni, S., Baroncini, M. et al. Copper localization in Cannabis sativa L. grown in a copper-rich solution. Euphytica 140, 33–38 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-004-4752-0

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