Proper metal transport and homeostasis are critical for the growth and development of
plants. In order to potentially fortify plants pre-harvest with essential metals in aid of human …

Phytoremediation is a group of technologies that use plants to reduce, remove, degrade, or
immobilize environmental toxins, primarily those of anthropogenic origin, with the aim of …

The term “hyperaccumulator” describes a number of plants that belong to distantly related
families, but share the ability to grow on metalliferous soils and to accumulate extraordinarily …

Nutritional micronutrient deficiencies and exposure to pollutant metals threaten human
health globally. Plant crops are at the beginning of a food chain that largely determines food …

Arsenic is commonly present in subsoil and is a carcinogen in humans. Rice takes up
arsenic and it accumulates in different plant parts, including grains, at levels several-fold …

Cd is the third major contaminant of greatest hazard to the environment after mercury and
lead and is considered as the only metal that poses health risks to both humans and animals …

This title focuses on the many aspects of the interaction between plants and heavy metals.
Not only it describes the effects of heavy metal toxicity on the plant cell and its organs but it …

For centuries, man has been fascinated by the almost magical ability of plants to grow and
reproduce on the simplest of materials—sunlight, air, water and minerals. As part of this …

Soil contamination by heavy metals and metalloids such as cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As)
poses a major threat to the environment and to human health. Vacuolar sequestration is one …

Plants need many different metal elements for growth, development and reproduction, which
must be mobilized from the soil matrix and absorbed by the roots as metal ions. Once taken …