Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract, sequester, and/or detoxify pollutants.
Phytoremediation is widely viewed as the ecologically responsible alternative to the …

The world population is expanding rapidly and will likely be 10 billion by the year 2050.
Limited availability of additional arable land and water resources, and the declining trend in …

Background Metal homeostasis is critical for plant growth, development and adaptation to
environmental stresses and largely governed by a variety of metal transporters. The plant …

Metal cation homeostasis is essential for plant nutrition and resistance to toxic heavy metals.
Many plant metal transporters remain to be identified at the molecular level. In the present …

Metal hyperaccumulation is a trait present in over 450 higher plant species.
Hyperaccumulators are also tolerant to metals, but hyperaccumulation and tolerance are …

Plants have recently moved into the spotlight owing to the growing realization that the world
needs solutions to energy and food production that are sustainable and environmentally …

The molecular basis for the transport of manganese across membranes in plant cells is
poorly understood. We have found that IRT1, an Arabidopsis thaliana metal ion transporter …

The maintenance of Mg 2+ homeostasis in the plant is essential for viability. This review
describes Mg 2+ functions and balancing in plants, with special focus on the existing …

Heavy metals (HMs) are among the main environmental pollutants that can enter the soil,
water bodies, and the atmosphere as a result of natural processes (weathering of rocks …

Little is known about the types of mutations underlying the evolution of species-specific
traits. The metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri has the rare ability to colonize heavy …