Rooting for Success: The Role of Microorganisms in Promoting Growth and Resilience in Black Alder Seedlings.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pose a global environmental risk, impacting human health. Enhancing phytoremediation with microbial-plant interactions could help mitigate these pollutants. However, tree responses to PAHs are unclear, necessitating controlled studies before field experiments.

Black alder's (Alnus glutinosa L.) defense against polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the most common groups of pollutants that have toxic and carcinogenic effects. Black alder trees (Alnus glutinosa L.) have been used to remediate contaminated soils from industrial pollutants and heavy metals; however, their usefulness for PAH remediation is unclear.