The essentiality of 14 mineral elements so far have been reported in plant nutrition. Eight of
these elements were known as micronutrients due to their lower concentrations in plants …

The essential micronutrients Fe and Zn often limit plant growth but are toxic in excess.
Arabidopsis thaliana ZINC-INDUCED FACILITATOR1 (ZIF1) is a vacuolar membrane major …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential element, acting as cofactor in numerous enzymes. In
particular, a Mn cluster is indispensable for the function of the oxygen-evolving complex of …

The Arabidopsis FRO2 gene encodes the low-iron-inducible ferric chelate reductase
responsible for reduction of iron at the root surface. Here, we report that FRO2 and IRT1, the …

Despite the abundance of iron in nature, it is the third most limiting nutrient for plants due to
its minimal solubility in most soils. While certain soil microbes produce chelating agents that …

Relatively little is known about how metals such as iron are effluxed from cells, a necessary
step for transport from the root to the shoot. Ferroportin (FPN) is the sole iron efflux …

In plants, the excess of several heavy metals mimics iron (Fe) deficiency-induced chlorosis,
indicating a disturbance in Fe homeostasis. To examine the level at which heavy metals …

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants among heavy metals,
and threatens food safety and human health by accumulating in plant sink tissues. Here, we …

Plants directly assimilate minerals from the environment and thus are key for acquisition of
metals by all subsequent consumers. Limited bio-availability of copper, zinc and iron in soil …

Among higher plants graminaceous species have the unique ability to efficiently acquire iron
from alkaline soils with low iron solubility by secreting phytosiderophores, which are …