Agrostis capillaris

Boon, G.T., L.A. Bouwman, J. Bloem, and P.F.A.M. Romkens. 1998. Effects of a copper-tolerant grass (Agrostis capillaris) on the ecosystem of a copper-contaminated arable soil. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17 1964-1971. 

McCain, S. Davies, M.S. (1984). Effects of pretreatment with phosphate in natural populations of Agrostis capillaris. New Phytologist 96, 589-99. 

The ability to evolve tolerant races has been studied experimentally by Bradshaw and McNeilly and their students. Thus Walley et al. (1974) showed it was normally possible to select tolerant individuals of the grass Agrostis capillaris directly out of non-tolerant populations. This species, or other Agrostis species, is found ubiquitous-... 

There is another important determinant of which species do and can evolve tolerance and those that do not. Symeonidis et al. (1985) screened cultivars of Agrostis capillaris for metal tolerances and demonstrated differential sensitivities to metals, suggesting the existence of non-specific low level tolerances to metals other than those present at toxic levels in soils from which they were derived. Other screening experiments have implicated such constitutive properties in the ability to evolve... 

Conway BE (1981) Ionic hydration in chemistry and biophysics. In Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 12, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., Amsterdam, p 59-74 Cotter-Howells JD, Champness PE, Chamock JM (1999) Mineralogy of lead-phosphorous grains in the roots of Agrostis capillaries L. by ATEM and EXAFS. Mineral Mag 63 777-789 Cotter-Howells JD, Champness PE, Chamock JM, Pattrick RAD (1994) Identification of pyromorphite in mine-waste contaminated soils by ATEM and EXAFS. J Soil Sci 45 393-402 Cowan PL, Golovchenko JA, Robins MF (1980) X-ray standing wave at crystal surfaces. Phys Rev Lett 44 1680-1683... 

Macklon, A.E.S., Crayston, S.J., Shand, C.A., Sim, A., Sellars, S. and Ord, B.C. (1997) Uptake and transport of phosphorus by Agrostis capillaris seedlings from rapidly hydrolysed organic sources extracted from P-labelled bacterial cultures. Plant and Soil 1 90, 1 63-1 57. 

Rydlova, J., Vosatka, M., 2003. Effect of Glomus intraradices isolated from Pb-coutamiuated soil on Pb uptake by Agrostis capillaris is changed by its cultivation in a metal-free substrate. Eolia Geobotanica 38, 155-165. 

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