If we can tap into the way in which plants adapt to the threats from heavy metals, there’s a chance that soil contaminated with heavy metals can be rejuvenated through the use of the right plants, or that this tolerance can be passed on to other plants, including food crops.
AuthorMarshall Keyster
Marshall Keyster is an Associate Professor, University of the Western Cape.
I completed my Ph.D. degree in Plant Biotechnology at the Institute for Plant Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University (in 2010). I am currently working at the University of the Western Cape as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology. Since 2021, I am serving a term as the Chairperson of the Department of Biotechnology (UWC). I am a National Research Foundation Y-rated researcher whose main research focus is to improve metal stress (high and low) tolerance in plants and bacteria.