Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BRYOMICS (Application of high-sensitive and high-throughput molecular tools to disentangle the mechanisms of heavy metals accumulation and tolerance in mosses: epigenetic and transcriptomic approaches)

Anthropogenic emission of heavy metals (HM) constitutes a major environmental problem due to the high toxicity and persistence of these pollutants in different environmental compartments. Over the recent decades, Europe implemented regulatory actions to reduce the emission of...