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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Aquatic Photosynthetic Organisms
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1540266
This article is part of the Research Topic Harnessing the Potential of Duckweed: Biological Insights and Ecological Applications View all articles
Rare earth elements affect the growth and fitness of free-floating plant Lemna minor L
Provisionally accepted- 1 Departement of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- 2 Departement of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- 3 University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
The aim of this paper is better understand the potential applications of duckweed in the monitoring of rare earth element toxicity. This study concerns the. physiological responses in terms of growth and antioxidant metabolism to the rare earth elements, that actually are considered of strategic importance but potentially not safe for human and environment health.The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision
Keywords: Costantino Paciolla: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources
Received: 05 Dec 2024; Accepted: 10 Feb 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Gjata, Tommasi, De Leonardis and Paciolla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Franca Tommasi, Departement of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, 70121, Italy
Costantino Paciolla, Departement of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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