P. Kucerova et al., The ability of different plant species to remove polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls from incubation media, BIOTECH LET, 23(16), 2001, pp. 1355-1359
The ability of in vitro cultured cells of black nightshade, wheat, barley,
soybean, tomato, mulberry and birch to grow in the presence of polycyclic a
romatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and to met
abolise them was compared. No correlation was found between the resistance
of the plants and removal of xenobiotics. Up to 20% of PCBs and over 90% of
PAHs were removed by wheat cells from nutrient media in two weeks.