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phytostabilization

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English

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Etymology

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From phyto- +‎ stabilization.

Noun

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phytostabilization (uncountable)

  1. The long-term stabilization and containment of a pollutant by means of plants.
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      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.