Trees that break down pesticides?

Question

Can anyone refer me to an article or journal on trees that can speed up the breakdown of agricultural pesticides? (Preferably tropical species, but I'll follow any lead)

Thank you

Answer 1

Try searching "tree bioremediation". Work has been done with poplars, but those are generally in temperate climates rather than tropical.

Answer 2

I don't think trees really do break down pesticides, nothing I have ever read has said that they do (other than being killed by them by metabolizing them). I could be missing something... Usually the pesticides are broken down by sunlight, or by soil microbes... Good luck.