Molecular and environmental factors determining grain quality in rice

Y Chen, M Wang, PBF Ouwerkerk - Food and Energy Security, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rice among other cereals is key to food security for at least half the world population. Since
the 1960s, productivity of rice has largely been improved during the G reen R evolution …

Phytochelatin synthesis is essential for the detoxification of excess zinc and contributes significantly to the accumulation of zinc

P Tennstedt, D Peisker, C Böttcher… - Plant …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The synthesis of phytochelatins (PCs) is essential for the detoxification of nonessential
metals and metalloids such as cadmium and arsenic in plants and a variety of other …

Copper regulates primary root elongation through PIN1-mediated auxin redistribution

HM Yuan, HH Xu, WC Liu, YT Lu - Plant and Cell Physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The heavy metal copper (Cu) is an essential microelement required for normal plant growth
and development, but it inhibits primary root growth when in excess. The mechanism …

Too much is bad—an appraisal of phytotoxicity of elevated plant-beneficial heavy metal ions

NA Anjum, HP Singh, MIR Khan, A Masood… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Heavy metal ions such as cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn),
molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) are considered essential/beneficial for optimal …

Improvement of nutritional quality of food crops with fertilizer: a global meta-analysis

M Ishfaq, Y Wang, J Xu, MU Hassan, H Yuan… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
Providing the world's population with sufficient and nutritious food through sustainable food
systems is a major challenge of the twenty-first century. Fertilizer use is a major driver of crop …

MicroRNA expression profile in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) under nutrient deficiency stresses and manganese toxicity

O Valdés‐López, SS Yang, R Aparicio‐Fabre… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a pivotal role in post‐transcriptional regulation of gene
expression in plants. Information on miRNAs in legumes is as yet scarce. This work …

Regulating subcellular metal homeostasis: the key to crop improvement

K Bashir, S Rasheed, T Kobayashi, M Seki… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) are essential micronutrient mineral
elements for living organisms, as they regulate essential cellular processes, such as …

Chloroplast Fe (III) chelate reductase activity is essential for seedling viability under iron limiting conditions

J Jeong, C Cohu, L Kerkeb, M Pilon… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Photosynthesis, heme biosynthesis, and Fe-S cluster assembly all take place in the
chloroplast, and all require iron. Reduction of iron via a membrane-bound Fe (III) chelate …

Recent progress on the phytotoxic effects of hydrochars and toxicity reduction approaches

O Karatas, A Khataee, D Kalderis - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization of wet biomasses has been known to produce added-value
materials for a wide range of applications. From catalyst substrates, to biofuels and soil …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of application methods efficiency of zinc and iron for canola (Brassica napus L.)

A Bybordi, G Mamedov - Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2010 - notulaebiologicae.ro
In order to evaluation of application method efficiency of zinc and iron microelements in
canola, an experiment was conducted in the Agricultural Research Station of Eastern …