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Plants that take up high amounts of metal elements from soil and store them in their aerial tissue are known as (A) hyper accumulators (B) metallophytes (C) chelators (D) reducers Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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(B) and (C) (C) and (D) (A) and (B) Correct (A) and (D)

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Hyperaccumulators are plants accumulating metals >100-fold normal concentrations in shoots exceeding thresholds like 1000 mg/kg. Metallophytes tolerate metal-rich soils, many being hyperaccumulators used in phytoremediation. Chelators are chemical agents, reducers are not metal accumulator plant categories.

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