Salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting approximately 7% of the world's total land area
resulting in billion dollar losses in crop production around the globe. Recent progress in …

Background Metal-hyperaccumulating plant species are plants that are endemic to
metalliferous soils and are able to tolerate and accumulate metals in their above-ground …

Little is known about the way developmental cues affect how cells interpret their
environment. We characterized the transcriptional response to high salinity of different cell …

Pollen germination, along with pollen tube growth, is an essential process for the
reproduction of flowering plants. The germinating pollen with tip-growth characteristics …

Phytochelatins (PCs) are glutathione‐derived peptides that function in heavy metal
detoxification in plants and certain fungi. Recent research in Arabidopsis has shown that …

Caesium (Cs+) is a potentially toxic mineral element that is released into the environment
and taken up by plants. Although Cs+ is chemically similar to potassium (K+), and much is …

The uptake and distribution of Pb sequestered by hydroponically grown (14days growth)
Brassica juncea (3days exposure; Pb activities 3.2, 32 and 217μM) was investigated. Lead …

Abstract KT/HAK/KUP potassium transporter protein-encoding genes constitute a large
family in the plant kingdom. The KT/HAK/KUP family is important for various physiological …

The ZRT-and IRT-like proteins (ZIP) comprise a large family of transition metal transporters
in plants that have diverse functions to transport zinc, iron, copper, etc. Here, we provided a …

Serving as an important second messenger, calcium ion has unique properties and
universal ability to transmit diverse signals that trigger primary physiological actions in cells …