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From Phyto to Agromining: Past, Present, and Future Scope

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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The accumulation of valuable metals in plants has fascinated scientists ever since the 1700 s (Chaptal 1790; Malte-Brun 1824).

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the ERDF Interreg Sudoe Program (PhytoSUDOE-SOE1/P5/E0189) and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (SFRH/BPD/103,476/2014).

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  1. GeoBioTec Research Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Luís A. B. Novo & Eduardo Ferreira da Silva

  2. Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry—Associated Laboratory, Faculty of Biotechnology, Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal

    Luís A. B. Novo & Paula M. L. Castro

  3. LEAF, Department of Sciences and Engineering of Biosystems, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Alvarenga

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  2. Higher Instit. of Biotechnol. of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

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Novo, L.A.B., Castro, P.M.L., Alvarenga, P., da Silva, E.F. (2018). From Phyto to Agromining: Past, Present, and Future Scope. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_34

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