Rice (Oryza sativa) is an important dietary source of both essential micronutrients and toxic
trace elements for humans. The genetic basis underlying the variations in the mineral …

Iron, despite being an essential micronutrient, becomes toxic if present at high levels. As a
result, plants possess carefully regulated mechanisms to acquire iron from the soil. The ferric …

Feeding the world's growing population is a serious challenge. Food insecurity is
concentrated in developing nations, where drought and low soil fertility are primary …

Heavy metals (HM) are a unique class of toxicants since they cannot be broken down to non-
toxic forms. Concentration of these heavy metals has increased drastically, posing problems …

The micronutrient zinc has an essential role in physiological and metabolic processes in
plants as a cofactor or structural element in 300 catalytic and noncatalytic proteins, but it is …

Ionomics is a high-throughput elemental profiling approach to study the molecular
mechanistic basis underlying mineral nutrient and trace element composition (also known …

In the rhizosphere, exudates from plants and microorganisms as well as stable soil organic
matter influence processes that can control plant growth, microbial infections, and nutrient …

Iron is essential for both plant growth and human health and nutrition. Knowledge of the
signaling mechanisms that communicate iron demand from shoots to roots to regulate iron …

Worldwide more than 400 plant species are now known that hyperaccumulate various trace
metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, and Zn), metalloids (As) and nonmetals (Se) in their shoots. Of …

In a short time, plant metabolomics has gone from being just an ambitious concept to being
a rapidly growing, valuable technology applied in the stride to gain a more global picture of …