Using natural variation to understand plant responses to iron availability

CN Miller, W Busch - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Iron bioavailability varies dramatically between soil types across the globe. This has given
rise to high levels of natural variation in plant iron responses, allowing members of even a …

The neonicotinoid insecticide thiamethoxam enhances expression of stress-response genes in Zea mays in an environmentally specific pattern

MA House, CJ Swanton, LN Lukens - Genome, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Recent studies indicate that thiamethoxam (TMX), a neonicotinoid insecticide, can affect
plant responses to environmental stressors, such as neighboring weeds. The molecular …

Transcriptome profiling of cu stressed petunia petals reveals candidate genes involved in fe and cu crosstalk

J Wu, K Li, J Li, H Schat, Y Li - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Copper (Cu) is an essential element for most living plants, but it is toxic for plants when
present in excess. To better understand the response mechanism under excess Cu in …

Phosphorus Starvation- and Zinc Excess-Induced Astragalus sinicus AsZIP2 Zinc Transporter Is Suppressed by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

X Xie, X Fan, H Chen, M Tang - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc (Zn) is one of the most essential micronutrients for plant growth and metabolism, but Zn
excess can impair many basic metabolic processes in plant cells. In agriculture, crops often …

Genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity during parallel adaptation

DP Wood, JA Holmberg, OG Osborne, AJ Helmstetter… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Phenotypic plasticity in ancestral populations is hypothesised to facilitate adaptation, but
evidence supporting its contribution is piecemeal and often contradictory. Further, whether …

Genome engineering for enriching Fe and Zn in rice grain and increasing micronutrient bioavailability

C Dueñas Jr, GMB Mota, N Oliva… - … Engineering for Crop …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rice biofortification is a sustainable option to alleviate iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) deficiencies.
Site‐directed nuclease (SDN)‐1,‐2, and‐3 strategies could be applied to enhance zinc …

Role of silica in mitigation of Cd, Pb and Cr toxicities in rice under irrigation with drainage water in the Egypt Nile delta

HBI El‐Habet - Irrigation and Drainage, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This work targeted investigation of the efficiency of silica application on anatomical
structures of the root system after 45 days from sowing and grain yield at maturity of the five …

Cloning and expression analysis of a novel zinc transporter gene from Nasturtium officinale

M Fu, Q Zhang, X Li, J Liang, Z Deng… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT ZIP (Zinc-regulated transporter, Iron-regulated transporter-like Protein, ZIP)
plays an important role in uptake or transport Zn or Fe in plants. So studying ZIPs in plant …

Genomic characterization of ZIP genes in pigeonpea (CcZIP) and their expression analysis among the genotypes with contrasting host response to pod borer

A Nag, K Gupta, N Dubey, SK Mishra… - Physiology and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is a vital micronutrient from the perspective of biofortification and biotic stress
endurance in pigeonpea. The ZIP transporters with domain (Pfam: PF02535) regulate …

Metalloneurochemistry

G Nam, Y Yi, HJ Lee, J Lee, J Kang… - Comprehensive …, 2021 - pure.kaist.ac.kr
Metalloneurochemistry is the study of metal ions' functions in the nervous system at the
molecular level. As a relatively new subject area of chemistry, significant progress has been …