Trace metal elements are essential for plant growth but become toxic at high concentrations,
while some non-essential elements, such as Cd and As, show toxicity even in traces. Thus …

Nutrient uptake by plants is essential for their development and for the passage of minerals
into the food chain, but it also faces several limitations. Whereas soil physicochemical …

An increase in technological interventions and ruthless urbanization in the name of
development has deteriorated our environment over time and caused the buildup of heavy …

Heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cd, Zn, Hg and arsenic are for long being
accumulated in soils through industrial waste and sewage disposal. Although some of these …

The term “hyperaccumulator” describes a number of plants that belong to distantly related
families, but share the ability to grow on metalliferous soils and to accumulate extraordinarily …

When content of HMs, such as Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb or Zn, in soils is high, then they are taken up in
excess and affect different physiological processes in plants. HMs affect growth of roots and …

Copper is an essential metal for plants. It plays key roles in photosynthetic and respiratory
electron transport chains, in ethylene sensing, cell wall metabolism, oxidative stress …

Iron, copper and zinc are essential metals for cell metabolism. Plants have evolved different
schemes to efficiently mobilize low-solubility nutrients such as metals from their environment …

Pollution of the environment with the toxic heavy metals has become one of the major
causes for worry for human health in both emerging and advanced countries. Metal …

Background, aim, and scope Trace elements (heavy metals and metalloids) are important
environmental pollutants, and many of them are toxic even at very low concentrations …