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Plant ecophysiology and metal abiotic stress

Dr Denise R. Fernando

Kalmia polifolia (Ericaceae) LHS, and Cypripedium acaule (Orchidaceae) RHS - serpentine habitat Mt Olivine Quebec
  • Kalmia polifolia (Ericaceae) LHS, and Cypripedium acaule (Orchidaceae) RHS - serpentine habitat Mt Olivine Quebec
  • Manganese toxicity affects crops in eastern Australia due to its soil chemistry and climate.
  • Forest on Allegheny Plateau NE USA affected by Mn toxicity due to acid rain (LHS), and Queensland rainforest habitat plants highly adapted to Mn-rich soils.
  • Gossia bidwillii (Myrtaceae) leaves. Manganese hyperaccumulator from Queensland.
  • Cryo SEM EDS X-ray maps showing different manganese storage mechanisms (leaf mesophyll and dermal cells) in the New Caledonian hyperaccumulators Virotia neurophylla (U) and Maytenus fournieri (L). Upper surfaces LHS.
  • Elemental X-ray maps of leaf cross-sections showing manganese (Mn) distribution. Mn hyperaccumulating Virotia neurophylla LHS, and Mn-sensitive wheat.
  • Sugar Maple leaf affected by manganese toxicity – Quantitative SEM EDS X-ray map showing carbon distribution.
  • Leaf cross-section of new Caledonian manganese (Mn) hyperaccummulator Maytenus fournieri(LHS), and leaf surface of Australian Mn hyperaccumulator Gossia bidwillii (RHS).
  • Serpentine plants, northern Italy: Endemic Viola bertolonii (Violaceae) (LHS) and Daphne cneorum (Thymelaeaceae) (RHS).
  • Serpentine habitat in NE Victoria.
  • Serpentine habitat on Mt Albert, Quebec.
  • Saxifrage (Saxifragaceae) - serpentine habitat, northern Italy. Note crystalline guttation exudate on leaves.

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