With increasing energy prices and the drive to reduce CO2 emissions, food industries are
challenged to find new technologies in order to reduce energy consumption, to meet legal …

Understanding the mechanism of cadmium (Cd) accumulation in plants is important to help
reduce its potential toxicity to both plants and humans through dietary and environmental …

Only a small fraction of the naturally occurring genetic diversity available in the world's
germplasm repositories has been explored to date, but this is expected to change with the …

Plant responses to developmental and environmental cues are often mediated by calcium
(Ca 2+) signals that are transmitted by diverse calcium sensors. The calcineurin B-like (CBL) …

In order to grow on soils that vary widely in chemical composition, plants have evolved
mechanisms for regulating the elemental composition of their tissues to balance the mineral …

Among the mechanisms controlling copper homeostasis in plants is the regulation of its
uptake and tissue partitioning. Here we characterized a newly identified member of the …

Manipulation of crops to improve their nutritional value (biofortification) and optimisation of
plants for removal of toxic metals from contaminated soils (phytoremediation) are major …

Background Few studies assessed effects of individual and multiple ions simultaneously on
metabolic outcomes, due to methodological limitation. Methodology/Principal Findings By …

The etiology of numerous grievous human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Disease is not well understood. Conversely, the concentration toxic metals and metalloids …

Soil fertility studies aim to integrate the basic principles of biology, chemistry, and physics,
but generally lead to separate interpretations of soil and plants data [1]. Paradoxically, JB …