'Probiotics' for plants boost detox abilities; untreated plants overdose and die
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Scientists using a microbe that occurs naturally in eastern cottonwood trees have boosted the ability of two other plants - willow and lawn grass - to withstand the withering effects of the nasty industrial pollutant phenanthrene and take up 25 to 40 percent more of the pollutant than untreated plants.