phytostabilization

noun

The long-term stabilization and containment of a pollutant by means of plants.

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Meanings

nounphytostabilization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe long-term stabilization and containment of a pollutant by means of plants.

    Under certain conditions, Oenothera biennis can simultaneously exclude the uptake of Cd and Cu, to screen excluder plants based on weed species could make a great breakthrough in phytostabilization and safe agroproduction for soils contaminated by heavy metals.

    2015 July 25, “Differences in Copper Absorption and Accumulation between Copper-Exclusion and Copper-Enrichment Plants: A Comparison of Structure and Physiological Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From phyto- + stabilization.

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