Food security is a high-priority issue for sustainable global development both quantitatively
and qualitatively. In recent decades, adverse effects of unexpected contaminants on crop …

Heavy metals such as Fe, Mn, Cu, Ni, Co, Cd, Zn, Hg and arsenic are for long being
accumulated in soils through industrial waste and sewage disposal. Although some of these …

Mineral nutrition of plants greatly depends on both environmental conditions, particularly of
soils, and the genetic background of the plant itself. Being sessile, plants adopted a range of …

Background Metal homeostasis is critical for plant growth, development and adaptation to
environmental stresses and largely governed by a variety of metal transporters. The plant …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Abscisic acid (ABA) reduces accumulation of potentially toxic cadmium (Cd) in plants. How
the ABA signal is transmitted to modulate Cd uptake remains largely unclear. Here, we …

Heavy metals are an interesting group of trace elements (TEs). Some of them are minutely
required for normal plant growth and development, while others have unknown biological …

Phosphorus (P), zinc (Zn), and iron (Fe) are three essential elements for plant survival, and
severe deficiencies in these nutrients lead to growth retardation and crop yield reduction …

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have widespread environmental distribution
originated from both natural and anthropogenic sources. From the last few decades, their …

The micronutrient iron (Fe) is not only essential for plant survival and proliferation but also
crucial for healthy human growth and development. Rice and wheat are the two leading …