Browsing Research Articles (Research Centre for Plant Growth and Development) by Author "Stirk, Wendy Ann."

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Cadmium induces hypodermal periderm formation in the roots of the monocotyledonous medicinal plant Merwilla plumbea.

Lux, Alexander.; Vaculık, Marek.; Martinka, Michal.; Liskova, Desana.; Kulkarni, Manoj G.; Stirk, Wendy Ann.; Van Staden, Johannes. (Annals of Botany Company., 2010)

Background and Aims. Merwilla plumbea is an important African medicinal plant. As the plants grow in soils contaminated with metals from mining activities, the danger of human intoxication exists. An experiment with plants ...