Physiological impacts of soil pollution and arsenic uptake in three plant species: Agrostis capillaris, Solanum nigrum and Vicia faba

► Physiological effect of metal pollution on different herbaceous plants. ► Trace metal and metalloid pollution inhibits the stomatal conductance and PSII activity. ► Arsenic content in the plants is less than 0.1 percent DW, a majority is stored in the roots. ► The culture of S. nigrum has allowed to reduce the portion of As bioavailable