Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are toxic elements that are almost ubiquitously present
at low levels in the environment because of anthropogenic influences. Dietary intake of plant …

Heavy metals (HMs) exists in the environment in both forms as essential and non-essential.
These HM ions enter in soil biota from various sources like natural and anthropogenic …

Plants are under the continual threat of changing climatic conditions that are associated with
various types of abiotic stresses. In particular, heavy metal contamination is a major …

Metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) can cause toxicity to terrestrial plants, however there is
little understanding of plant defense mechanisms that may counteract nanotoxicity. In the …

Viticulture represents an important agricultural practice in many countries worldwide. Yet,
the continuous use of fungicides has caused copper (Cu) accumulation in soils, which …

Iron (Fe) deficiency is a widespread nutritional disorder on calcareous soils. To identify
genes involved in the Fe deficiency response, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) transfer …

Abstract Iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) are essential metals which, when scarce in the
growth medium, are respectively taken up by the root high affinity transporters IRT1 and …

Plants grown under iron (Fe)-deficient conditions induce a set of genes that enhance the
efficiency of Fe uptake by the roots. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the central …

Iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and copper (Cu) are essential micronutrient mineral
elements for living organisms, as they regulate essential cellular processes, such as …

The beneficial elements are not deemed essential for all crops but may be vital for particular
plant taxa. The distinction between beneficial and essential is often difficult in the case of …