Advances in Plant Degradation of Metal and Plastic Pollution

Dear Colleagues,

Plant growth is influenced by myriad environmental factors, including, in addition to those of natural origin, human-induced stressors, which are becoming an increasing problem. The effects of (heavy) metals on plants are becoming better known every year, but the remediation of environmental metal contamination by plants is not yet a problem that has been fully solved. In contrast to metals, we have considerably less information on the relationship between plastics and plants. Every year, industry, agriculture and various public sources apply and release increasing amounts of many types of plastics into the environment, which are then fragmented according to their type, posing an increasing challenge to ecosystems.

This Special Issue of Plants will gather and showcase articles focusing on the latest research into the relationship between plants and metals or plastics, and on new attempts to remediate systems contaminated with these materials.    

Dr. Gábor Feigl
Dr. Attila Bodor
Guest Editors

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