Role of organic amendments on enhanced bioremediation of heavy metal (loid) contaminated soils

JH Park, D Lamb, P Paneerselvam, G Choppala… - Journal of hazardous …, 2011 - Elsevier
As land application becomes one of the important waste utilization and disposal practices,
soil is increasingly being seen as a major source of metal (loid) s reaching food chain …

Toxicity of heavy metals and metal-containing nanoparticles on plants

G Mustafa, S Komatsu - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Plant glutathione transferase-mediated stress tolerance: functions and biotechnological applications

I Nianiou-Obeidat, P Madesis, C Kissoudis, G Voulgari… - Plant cell reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Plant glutathione transferases (EC 2.5. 1.18, GSTs) are an ancient, multimember
and diverse enzyme class. Plant GSTs have diverse roles in plant development …

Managing heavy metal toxicity stress in plants: biological and biotechnological tools

M Ovečka, T Takáč - Biotechnology Advances, 2014 - Elsevier
The maintenance of ion homeostasis in plant cells is a fundamental physiological
requirement for sustainable plant growth, development and production. Plants exposed to …

Soil biogeochemistry, plant physiology, and phytoremediation of cadmium-contaminated soils

S He, Z He, X Yang, PJ Stoffella, VC Baligar - Advances in agronomy, 2015 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) loading in soil and the environment has been accelerated worldwide due to
enhanced industrialization and intensified agricultural production, particularly in the …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of proteomic studies towards understanding plant heavy metal stress response

Z Hossain, S Komatsu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Modulation of plant proteome composition is an inevitable process to cope with the
environmental challenges including heavy metal (HM) stress. Soil and water contaminated …

Investigating the plant response to cadmium exposure by proteomic and metabolomic approaches

F Villiers, C Ducruix, V Hugouvieux, N Jarno… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring molecular dynamics of an organism upon stress is probably the best approach to
decipher physiological mechanisms involved in the stress response. Quantitative analysis of …

Metallophytes—a view from the rhizosphere

ÉR Alford, EAH Pilon-Smits, MW Paschke - Plant and soil, 2010 - Springer
Some plants hyperaccumulate metals or metalloids to levels several orders of magnitude
higher than other species. This intriguing phenomenon has received considerable attention …

[HTML][HTML] Rhizosphere-induced heavy metal (loid) transformation in relation to bioavailability and remediation

B Seshadri, NS Bolan, R Naidu - Journal of soil science and plant …, 2015 - SciELO Chile
Soil is the sink and source of heavy metals (both geogenic and anthropogenic) and plants
are the ecosystem regulators, balancing the chemistry of life on earth. However, roots are …

Evolution of the metal hyperaccumulation and hypertolerance traits

A Manara, E Fasani, A Furini… - Plant, Cell & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To succeed in life, living organisms have to adapt to the environmental issues to which they
are subjected. Some plants, defined as hyperaccumulators, have adapted to metalliferous …