Heavy metals (HMs) are natural components of the Earth's crust and are usually present in
all environmental matrices. However, the concentration of several HMs has increased …

The influence of phylogeny on shoot heavy metal content in plants was investigated and the
hypothesis tested that traits impacting on the accumulation of cadmium, chromium, copper …

Morphology and organisation of leaf tissue is such that it accomodates the uptake of
gaseous plant nutrients, whilst that of roots the uptake of water-soluble solutes. These water …

Plants need only a small quantity of micronutrients, but they are essential for vital cell
functions. Critical micronutrients for plant growth and development include iron (Fe), boron …

Although iron deficiency poses severe nutritional problems to crop plants, to date iron
transporters have only been characterized from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. To …

The effects of iron deficiency on the composition of the xylem sap and leaf apoplastic fluid
have been characterized in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris Monohil hybrid). pH was estimated …

Gene expression in response to Fe deficiency was analyzed in Arabidopsis roots and shoots
through the use of a cDNA collection representing at least 6,000 individual gene sequences …

The interaction between an essential micronutrient, Zn and a toxic non-essential element,
Cd has been comprehensively reviewed based on our experiments conducted with …

To broaden our understanding of micronutrient metal transport in plants, we have identified
cDNAs for six new metal transporters in the model legume Medicago truncatula. All of the …

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a valuable model for studying
metal metabolism in a photosynthetic background. A search of the Chlamydomonas …