Plants obtain soil-resident elements that support growth and metabolism from the water-flow
facilitated by transpiration and active transport processes. The availability of elements in the …

The integrated responses of biological systems to genetic and environmental variation result
in substantial covariance in multiple phenotypes. The resultant pleiotropy, environmental …

The ionome, or elemental profile, of a maize kernel can be viewed in at least two distinct
ways. First, the collection of elements within the kernel are food and feed for people and …

An improved understanding of how to manipulate the accumulation and enrichment of
mineral elements in aboveground plant tissues holds promise for future resource efficient …

Elemental accumulation in seeds is the product of a combination of environment and a wide
variety of genetically controlled physiological processes. We measured the kernel elemental …

Despite its importance to plant function and human health, the genetics underpinning
element levels in maize grain remain largely unknown. Through a genome-wide association …

Metals, along with nucleic acids, proteins, and metabolites, are involved in almost every
process in an organism. The functional genomics of all ions including all metals, called …

To mitigate the effects of heat and drought stress, a better understanding of the genetic
control of physiological responses to these environmental conditions is needed. To this end …

Dietary mineral deficiencies affect nearly half of the people on our planet, largely due to
poverty. Enhancing nutritional quality—or biofortification—represents an efficient and …

Dissection of the genetic basis of wheat ionome is crucial for understanding the
physiological and biochemical processes underlying mineral accumulation in seeds, as well …