[HTML][HTML] Magnesium deficiency in plants: An urgent problem

W Guo, H Nazim, Z Liang, D Yang - The Crop Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
Although magnesium (Mg) is one of the most important nutrients, involved in many enzyme
activities and the structural stabilization of tissues, its importance as a macronutrient ion has …

Vacuolar compartmentalization as indispensable component of heavy metal detoxification in plants

SS Sharma, KJ Dietz, T Mimura - Plant, Cell & Environment, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Plant cells orchestrate an array of molecular mechanisms for maintaining plasmatic
concentrations of essential heavy metal (HM) ions, for example, iron, zinc and copper, within …

Effects of magnesium deficiency on photosynthesis and carbohydrate partitioning

N Farhat, A Elkhouni, W Zorrig, A Smaoui… - Acta physiologiae …, 2016 - Springer
Magnesium nutrition is often forgotten, while its absence adversely affects numerous
functions in plants. Magnesium deficiency is a growing concern for crop production …

Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements often lacking in human diets–iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine

PJ White, MR Broadley - New phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The diets of over two‐thirds of the world's population lack one or more essential mineral
elements. This can be remedied through dietary diversification, mineral supplementation …

Structure, function, regulation and phylogenetic relationship of ZIP family transporters of plants

TP Ajeesh Krishna, T Maharajan… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and humans. Nearly 50% of the agriculture
soils of world are Zn-deficient. The low availability of Zn reduces the yield and quality of the …

Cellular magnesium homeostasis

AMP Romani - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
Magnesium, the second most abundant cellular cation after potassium, is essential to
regulate numerous cellular functions and enzymes, including ion channels, metabolic …

Functional dissection and transport mechanism of magnesium in plants

ZC Chen, WT Peng, J Li, H Liao - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Magnesium (Mg) is the second most abundant cation in plants, and, as such, is involved in
numerous physiological and biochemical processes, including photosynthesis, enzyme …

Molecular mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation in plants

N Verbruggen, C Hermans, H Schat - New phytologist, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Metal hyperaccumulator plants accumulate and detoxify extraordinarily high concentrations
of metal ions in their shoots. Metal hyperaccumulation is a fascinating phenomenon, which …

Ion channels in plants

R Hedrich - Physiological reviews, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Since the first recordings of single potassium channel activities in the plasma membrane of
guard cells more than 25 years ago, patch-clamp studies discovered a variety of ion …

Phylogenetic relationships within cation transporter families of Arabidopsis

P Mäser, S Thomine, JI Schroeder, JM Ward… - Plant …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Uptake and translocation of cationic nutrients play essential roles in physiological processes
including plant growth, nutrition, signal transduction, and development. Approximately 5% of …