San José Jiménez, IsraelNavarro Roldán, Francisco JuanInfante Izquierdo, María DoloresMartínez Sagarra, GloriaDevesa, Juan AntonioPolo Ávila, AlejandroRamírez Acosta, SaraSánchez Gullón, EnriqueJiménez Nieva, Francisco JavierMuñoz Rodríguez, Adolfo Francisco2022-06-072022-06-072021Sanjosé, I., Navarro-Roldán, F., Infante-Izquierdo, M. D., Martínez-Sagarra, G., Devesa, J. A., Polo, A., Ramírez-Acosta, S., Sánchez-Gullón, E., Jiménez-Nieva, F. J., & Muñoz-Rodríguez, A. F. (2021). Accumulation and Effect of Heavy Metals on the Germination and Growth of Salsola vermiculata L. Seedlings. In Diversity (Vol. 13, Issue 11, p. 539). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/d131105391424-2818 (electrónico)http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20954: The influence of different concentrations of heavy metals (Cu, Mn, Ni, Zn) was analyzed in the Salsola vermiculata germination pattern, seedling development, and accumulation in seedlings. The responses to different metals were dissimilar. Germination was only significantly reduced at Cu and Zn 4000 µM but Zn induced radicle growth at lower concentrations. Without damage, the species acted as a good accumulator and tolerant for Mn, Ni, and Cu. In seedlings, accumulation increased following two patterns: Mn and Ni, induced an arithmetic increase in content in tissue, to the point where the content reached a maximum; with Cu and Ni, the pattern was linear, in which the accumulation in tissue was directly related to the metal concentration in the medium. Compared to other Chenopodiaceae halophyte species, S. vermiculata seems to be more tolerant of metals and is proposed for the phytoremediation of soils contaminated by heavy metalsengAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Españahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ChenopodiaceaeMetal accumulationMetal toleranceSalt marshesjournal article10.3390/d13110539open access25 Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio