This review summarises the mechanisms of heavy metal tolerance in plants. Plants have many endogenous genetic, biochemical, and physiological properties that make them ideal agents for soil and water remediation. Phytoremediation is widely viewed as an ecological alternative to the environmentally destructive physical remediation methods currently in use.
M. Winska?Krysiak, Katedra Sadownictwa i Przyrodniczych Podstaw Ogrodnictwa, Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02?787 Warszawa, Poland