Growth and Metal Partitioning of the High-Biomass Grass Cultivar Minmu 6 Under Graded Cadmium and Lead Exposure
Phytoremediation requires plants that combine high biomass production with tolerance to metal stress. The responses of Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke × Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. ‘Minmu 6’ were evaluated in separate pot experiments with Cd at 0 (CK), 1.5 (L-Cd), 10 (M-Cd), and 25 mg kg−1 (H-Cd), and Pb at 0, 600...