Cadmium (Cd) toxicity in paddy soil and accumulation in rice plants and grains have got
global concern due to its health effects. This review highlights the effects of soil factors …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in rice fields has been recognized as a severe global agro–
environmental issue. To reach the goal of controlling Cd risk, we must pay more attention …

Products of genome editing as the most promising “New Plant Breeding Technology”(NPBT)
have made the transition from the lab to the market in a short time. Globally, research …

Medicinal plants have a wide range of uses worldwide. However, the quality of medicinal
plants is affected by severe cadmium pollution. Cadmium can reduce photosynthetic …

A high concentration of toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd) in the paddy soils and its
translocation and subsequent accumulation in the rice grain and the food chain is a global …

Global contamination of soils with toxic cadmium (Cd) is a serious health threat. Here we
found that a tandem duplication of a gene encoding a manganese/Cd transporter …

The high selection pressure applied in rice breeding since its domestication thousands of
years ago has caused a narrowing in its genetic variability. Obtaining new rice cultivars …

Zero hunger is one of the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations in 2015
to achieve global food security by 2030. The current harvest of crops is insufficient; feeding …

Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization, many soils for crop production are
contaminated by cadmium (Cd), a heavy metal highly toxic to many organisms. Cereal crops …

Genome-editing technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for crop improvement with
superior precision and speed. This review presents an analysis of the current state of …