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Feasibility Of Labile Zn Phytoextraction Using Enhanced Tobacco And Sunflower: Results Of Five- And One-Year Field-Scale Experiments In Switzerland

Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel, Charlotte Pfistner, Erika Nehnevajova

Phytoextraction with somaclonal variants of tobacco and sunflower mutant lines (non-GMs) with enhanced metal uptake and tolerance can be a sustainable alternative to conventional destructive decontamination methods, especially for stripping bioavailable zi ...

Taylor & Francis Inc2014

Factors modulating cottongrass seedling growth stimulation to enhanced nitrogen and carbon dioxide: compensatory tradeoffs in leaf dynamics and allocation to meet potassium-limited growth

Alexandre Buttler, Edward Mitchell, Jean-Michel Gobat, Andy Siegenthaler

Eriophorum vaginatum is a characteristic species of northern peatlands and a keystone plant for cutover bog restoration. Understanding the factors affecting E. vaginatum seedling establishment (i.e. growth dynamics and allocation) under global change has p ...

Springer-Verlag2013

About the performance of multi-dimensional radial self-navigation incorporating compressed sensing for free-breathing coronary MRI

Yves Wiaux, Gilles Puy, Ruud van Heeswijk, Gabriele Vincenzo Bonanno

Respiratory motion is a major challenge in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contemporary state-of-the-art motion compensation strategies like diaphragmatic navigators still suffer from sub-optimal time efficiency. In response, k-space- based on ...

2012

The role of roots in the phytoextraction of bioavailable zinc

Charlotte Pfistner

Phytoextraction is a non-invasive remediation method using plants. Phytotech Foundation and AGB in Berne are performing phytoextraction on an old landfill of a former hot dip galvanization plant, using sunflowers and tobaccos as extractors. Every year sinc ...

2011

Increased tolerance of sunflower mutant seedlings to Cd and Zn in hydroponic culture

Jean-Paul Schwitzguebel, Erika Nehnevajova

Cadmium and zinc show similarities in their chemistry, geochemistry and environmental properties. Whereas Cd is a phytotoxic non-essential element, Zn is an essential trace element for plant growth and development. Zinc plays a fundamental role in several ...

2009

A comparative study of VOCs in Singapore and European office buildings

Claude-Alain Roulet

This study compares the characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the associated factors affecting them within European (EU) and Singapore buildings. Generally, concentrations of target VOCs determined in the two types of buildings were with ...

2006

Dynamic properties of monomeric insect erythrocruorin III from Chironomus thummi-thummi: relationships between structural flexibility and functional complexity

Ivano Tavernelli

We have investigated the kinetics of germinate carbon monoxide binding to the monomeric component III of Chironomus thummi-thummi erythrocruorin, a protein that undergoes pH-induced conformational changes linked to a pronounced Bohr effect. Measurements we ...

1997

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