Cadmium tolerance of calli induced from roots of plants with differences in cadmium tolerance

Abstract

The Cd tolerance of higher plants varies with the plant family (Kuboi et al. 1987). To analyze the mechanism of Cd tolerance of intact plants with differences in Cd tolerance, we compared the Cd tolerance of calli induced from roots of plants with differences in Cd tolerance. The Cd-resistant cultured cells selected from parental cells subjected to Cd stress produced Cd-binding SH compounds in much larger quantities than the parental cells (J ackson et al. 1987).