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Evaluation of cotton burdock (Arctium tomentosum Mill.) responses to multi-metal exposure

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Plants have immense potential for their use in the minimization of emerging environmental pollution issues. Under simulated laboratory conditions, this work investigated the growth and biochemical responses of 14-day-old cotton burdock (Arctium tomentosum Mill.) seedlings to the body burdens of multi-metals including Pb, Cu, Ni, and Zn (1.0 μM–10 mM). Biochemical traits (superoxide generation, lipid peroxidation, content of total peroxides), growth traits (axial organs growth, dry weight accumulation, leaf area), and also metal body burdens varied with types and concentrations of metals. Results indicated a significant tolerance of A. tomentosum to multi-metals that can be implicated for its potential role in the metal phytoremediation programs.

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WEQH, ANK, DIB, and ASL thank the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia for financing their present research through project number 6.783.2014K. NAA (SFRH/BPD/84671/2012) and EP are grateful to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Aveiro University Research Institute/Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) (UID/AMB/50017/2013) for partial financial supports.

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  1. Department of Botany, Physiology and Ecology of Plants, N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Bolshevistskaja Str., 68, Saransk, Russia, 430005

    Waad E. Q. AL Harbawee, Alina N. Kluchagina, Dmitry I. Bashmakov & Alexander S. Lukatkin

  2. CESAM—Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Naser A. Anjum & Eduarda Pereira

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AL Harbawee, W.E.Q., Kluchagina, A.N., Anjum, N.A. et al. Evaluation of cotton burdock (Arctium tomentosum Mill.) responses to multi-metal exposure. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 5431–5438 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-8244-2

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