Pollution by heavy metals limits the area of land available for cultivation of food crops. A
potential solution to this problem might lie in the molecular breeding of food crops for …

Rice (Oryza sativa) is an important dietary source of both essential micronutrients and toxic
trace elements for humans. The genetic basis underlying the variations in the mineral …

Past poisoning epidemics have revealed that the chronic exposure to exceedingly small
daily doses of toxic metal and metalloid species can–over time–severely affect human …

Metallomics, a discipline integrating sciences that address the biometals and biometalloids,
provides new opportunities for discoveries. As part of a systems biology approach, it draws …

Iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are essential micronutrients required for proper development in both
humans and plants. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains are the staple food for nearly half of the …

The capabilities of electrospray ionization (ESI) and matrix assisted laser
desorption/ionization (MALDI) to permit species identification in combination with inductively …

Essential transition metals and non-essential metals often co-exist in arable soils. In plants,
some transition metal transporters, such as the natural resistance-associated macrophage …

Zinc (Zn) is an essential element for plant growth and development, and Zn derived from
crop plants in the diet is also important for human health. Here, we report that genetic …

Metal trace elements, such as Fe, Zn, and Mn, are necessary micronutrients required by all
plants. In this study, the MxNAS3 gene was cloned from Malus xiaojinensis and MxNAS3 …

The mineral composition of crop shoot tissues is important for yield formation and nutrient
remobilization to seeds. The natural diversity that exists within crop species can be used to …