phytostabilization

English

Etymology

From phyto- +‎ stabilization.

Noun

phytostabilization (uncountable)

1. The long-term stabilization and containment of a pollutant by means of plants.
   • 2015 July 25, “Differences in Copper Absorption and Accumulation between Copper-Exclusion and Copper-Enrichment Plants: A Comparison of Structure and Physiological Responses”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     Under certain conditions, Oenothera biennis can simultaneously exclude the uptake of Cd and Cu, to screen excluder plants based on weed species could make a great breakthrough in phytostabilization and safe agroproduction for soils contaminated by heavy metals.