Arabidopsis halleri is a plant whose surprising characteristic is to grow in soil contaminated with heavy metals, and even to store the metals in its leaves. But, in exactly what parts of the leaves, and why aren’t they toxic for the plant? Studies are carried out on LUCIA beamline to answer these questions.
Date : September, 2011
Running time : 3.37
Filmmaker : Laurianne Geffroy and JP Courbaize
Ya+K prod
Copyright : SOLEIL
