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 …

In numerous plant signal transduction pathways, Ca2+ is a versatile second messenger
which controls the activation of many downstream actions in response to various stimuli …

Uptake and translocation of micronutrients are essential for plant growth. These
micronutrients are also important food components. We generated transgenic rice plants …

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 …

Distinct potassium, anion, and calcium channels in the plasma membrane and vacuolar
membrane of plant cells have been identified and characterized by patch clamping …

Potassium (K+) is an essential nutrient and the most abundant cation in plant cells. Plants
have a wide variety of transport systems for K+ acquisition, catalyzing K+ uptake across a …

Increasing soil salinity reduces crop yields worldwide, with rice being particularly affected.
We have examined the correlation between apoplastic barrier formation in roots, Na+ uptake …

ZIP transporters (ZRT, IRT‐like proteins) are involved in the transport of iron (Fe), zinc (Zn)
and other divalent metal cations. The expression of IRT3, a ZIP transporter, is higher in the …

The ability of metal hyperaccumulating plants to tolerate and accumulate heavy metals
results from adaptations of metal homeostasis. NRAMP metal transporters were found to be …

Contents In addition to light, water and CO< sub> 2, plants require a number of mineral
nutrients, in particular the macronutrients nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, magnesium …