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Polystyrene nano- and microplastic accumulation at Arabidopsis and wheat root cap cells, but no evidence for uptake into roots
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The study explores the uptake of spherical, negatively charged polystyrene nano- and microparticles by plant roots. The researchers used fluorescently labelled polystyrene spheres and two plant species, Arabidopsis and wheat, and investigated their uptake using laser scanning confocal microscopy and pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The results revealed no active uptake of nano- and microsized polystyrene spheres during plant growth up to the 1- to 2-leaf growth stage. However, pyrolysis GC-MS was unsuccessful due to the presence of natural styrene monomers in the roots and insufficient detection limits. Both 40 nm and 1 μm polystyrene spheres were accumulated at the root surface of each species, particularly at the root tip, but no plastic particles were found in the internal root structure.

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