hyperaccumulator
English
editEtymology
editFrom hyper- + accumulator.
Noun
edithyperaccumulator (plural hyperaccumulators)
- (biology) Any plant that can accumulate large quantities of trace elements from its environment, and thus may be used in phytoremediation or phytomining.
- 2000, Donald L. Wise, Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils[1], page 735:
- Hyperaccumulator species are able to accumulate higher metal concentrations in their shoots than surrounding nonaccumulator plants, even from soils containing nonphytotoxic background levels of metals [35-37].
- 2008, M. N. V. Prasad, Trace Elements as Contaminants and Nutrients[2], page 72:
- Also, the progress of constructing ideal hyperaccumulators by using biological technologies is slow.
- 2010, Peter M. Kopittke, Enzo Lombi, Neal W. Menzies, Ravi Naidu, “21: Principles of Plant-based Remediation of Contaminated Soils”, in Bharat P. Singh, editor, Industrial Crops and Uses, page 448:
- To date, over 400 species have been identified as hyperaccumulators, with this number increasing continuously as new species are identified (Baker et al., 2000).
Related terms
editSee also
edit- phytomining
- phytoremediation
- phytoremediation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia