phytoforensics

English

Etymology

From phyto- +‎ forensics.

Noun

phytoforensics (uncountable)

  1. The analysis of plants in order to gather information of the pollutants they have been exposed to.
    • 1998, Ajit Varma, Mycorrhiza Manual, page 503:
      This form of phytoforensics is important for quality control especially in vegetatively propagated crops such as turfgrass (Caetano-Anollés et al. 1995).
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