Plant adaptation to metal polluted environments—Physiological, morphological, and evolutionary insights from Biscutella laevigata

Polluted soils promote rapid plant adaptation to high concentrations of trace metal elements. Biscutella laevigata is a little investigated pseudometallophyte that appears promising to study these evolutionary processes and advance understanding beyond existing model species, but its metal tolerance is insufficiently understood. We determined the zinc tolerance level and various plant responses to environmentally relevant zinc concentrations in...