The plant that loved heavy metals
Duration :
3.37
Copyright :
SOLEIL
Realization :
Ya+K prod Laurianne Geffroy et JP Courbaize
Date :
September 2011
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.