Copper: uptake, toxicity and tolerance in plants and management of Cu-contaminated soil

AR Mir, J Pichtel, S Hayat - Biometals, 2021 - Springer
Copper (Cu) is an essential mineral nutrient for the proper growth and development of
plants; it is involved in myriad morphological, physiological, and biochemical processes …

Cobalt: an essential micronutrient for plant growth?

X Hu, X Wei, J Ling, J Chen - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cobalt is a transition metal located in the fourth row of the periodic table and is a neighbor of
iron and nickel. It has been considered an essential element for prokaryotes, human beings …

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of metal accumulation in hyperaccumulator plants

O Sytar, S Ghosh, H Malinska, M Zivcak… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the heavy metals (HMs), and metals/metalloids are released into the nature either by
natural phenomenon or anthropogenic activities. Being sessile organisms, plants are …

Managing cadmium in agricultural systems

MJ McLaughlin, E Smolders, FJ Zhao, C Grant… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring element present in all soils from both geogenic and
anthropogenic sources. The primary risk pathway to humans is exposure through dietary …

Phytoremediation using genetically engineered plants to remove metals: a review

II Ozyigit, H Can, I Dogan - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2021 - Springer
Contamination by heavy metals including As, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni and Zn in
agricultural fields is a global safety issue. Indeed, excessive accumulations of metals have …

植物响应镉胁迫的生理生化机制研究进展

安婷婷, 黄帝, 王浩, 张一, 陈应龙 - 植物学报, 2021 - chinbullbotany.com
镉(Cd) 是一种分布广泛且污染严重的重金属; 其毒性大, 不仅影响植物的生长发育,
而且危害人类健康. 该文对植物Cd 胁迫的生理生化响应方面的最新研究进展进行了总结概括 …

Leaf manganese concentrations as a tool to assess belowground plant functioning in phosphorus-impoverished environments

H Lambers, IJ Wright, C Guilherme Pereira… - Plant and soil, 2021 - Springer
Background and aims Root-released carboxylates enhance the availability of manganese
(Mn), which enters roots through transporters with low substrate specificity. Leaf Mn …

Toward unzipping the ZIP metal transporters: structure, evolution, and implications on drug discovery against cancer

J Hu - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Zrt‐/Irt‐like protein (ZIP) family consists of divalent metal transporters, ubiquitous in all
kingdoms of life. Since the discovery of the first ZIPs in the 1990s, the ZIP family has been …

Low-molecular-weight ligands in plants: role in metal homeostasis and hyperaccumulation

IV Seregin, AD Kozhevnikova - Photosynthesis Research, 2021 - Springer
Mineral nutrition is one of the key factors determining plant productivity. In plants, metal
homeostasis is achieved through the functioning of a complex system governing metal …

The transfer of trace metals in the soil-plant-arthropod system

M Tibbett, I Green, A Rate, VH De Oliveira… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Essential and non-essential trace metals are capable of causing toxicity to organisms above
a threshold concentration. Extensive research has assessed the behaviour of trace metals in …