A fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic. Lena Q. Ma 1, Kenneth M. Komar 2, Cong Tu 1, Weihua Zhang 3, Yong Cai 3 & … Elizabeth D. Kennelley 1 Show authors. Nature volume 409, page 579 (2001)Cite ...

Currently, Amherst scientists aim to engineer Camelina sativa, a member of the mustard family, to behave like another plant that “hyperaccumulates” nickel.. According to UMASS Amherst, this ...

Banks has cloned a gene responsible for arsenic tolerance in an unusual fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic. Rice plants could be modified with the gene to keep arsenic from accumulating in grains, she ...