Nutrient imbalance (ie, deficiency and toxicity) of microelements is an outstanding
environmental issue that influences each aspect of ecosystems. Although the crucial roles of …

Soil contamination with cadmium (Cd) is a severe concern for the developing world due to
its non-biodegradability and significant potential to damage the ecosystem and associated …

Minerals are the key factor determining human beings' optimum growth and development.
The deficiencies of minerals and vitamins hinder the human normal growth and …

Plants often experience unfavorable conditions during their life cycle that impact their growth
and sometimes their survival. A temporary phase of such stress, which can result from heavy …

This work critically reviews stable isotope fractionation of essential (B, Mg, K, Ca, Fe, Ni, Cu,
Zn, Mo), beneficial (Si), and non-essential (Cd, Tl) metals and metalloids in plants. The …

Global climate change has caused an increase in extreme weather events and subjected
plants to a variety of abiotic stress. Plants being rooted in the soil are unable to avoid abiotic …

The widespread use of copper-based nanoparticles expands the possibility that they enter
the soil combined with heavy metals, having a toxic effect and posing a threat to the safety of …

Copper (Cu) is essential to plants but can also be harmful due to Fenton chemistry. Because
of that, it is necessary to keep Cu within a narrow concentration limit. Plants evolved …

The involvement of auxin (IAA) in growth and development of plants is well known, but its
role in the mitigation of metal stress, especially copper (Cu), is not fully understood; …

Copper (Cu), an environmental heavy metal pollutant, has been widely researched in its
toxicology. Recently, an increasing number of mitochondrial microRNAs (mitomiRs) have …