ArticlePlant and soil2022
Metalliferous habitats and seed microbes affect the seed morphology and reproductive strategy of
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- Surviving Allchar: arsenic and thallium tolerance and distribution in Viola metallophytes.Annals of botany · 2025Article
- Endophytic fungi in buckwheat seeds: exploring links with flavonoid accumulation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Seed Morphology in Species from thePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Purpose: Plant reproduction in metalliferous habitats is challenged by elevated concentrations of metal trace elements in soil. As part of their survival strategy, metal-tolerant plants have adjusted reproductive traits, including seed morphology, dormancy, and germination rate. These traits are particularly relevant, yet poorly understood, in metal hyperaccumulators that are promising candidates for phytoremediation. Methods: We assessed seed shape characteristics, dormancy, and germination rate in the hyperaccumulating model species Results: Seeds from non-metallicolous populations were on average 18% bigger than those from metal-contaminated post-mining sites, which contrasts the general expectation about reproductive parts in metallicolous plants. Irrespective of their origin, surface-sterilized seeds had up to ~ 20% higher germination rates and germinated earlier than non-sterilized seeds, hinting at a negative effect of seed-associated microbial communities. Surface sterilization also facilitated the emergence of an endophytic fungus ( Conclusion: Despite species-wide metal tolerance in
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