Zinc in plants: Integrating homeostasis and biofortification

C Stanton, D Sanders, U Krämer, D Podar - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Zinc plays many essential roles in life. As a strong Lewis acid that lacks redox activity under
environmental and cellular conditions, the Zn 2+ cation is central in determining protein …

Molecular regulation of zinc deficiency responses in plants

H Zeng, H Wu, F Yan, K Yi, Y Zhu - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals. Because of its low availability
in arable soils worldwide, Zn deficiency is becoming a serious agricultural problem resulting …

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 …

Arabidopsis bZIP19 and bZIP23 act as zinc sensors to control plant zinc status

GH Lilay, DP Persson, PH Castro, F Liao… - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals owing to its structural and
catalytic roles in many proteins. Zn deficiency affects around 2 billion people, mainly those …

The role of ZIP transporters and group F bZIP transcription factors in the Zn‐deficiency response of wheat (Triticum aestivum)

NP Evens, P Buchner, LE Williams… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the molecular basis of zinc (Zn) uptake and transport in staple cereal crops is
critical for improving both Zn content and tolerance to low‐Zn soils. This study demonstrates …

Avenues of the membrane transport system in adaptation of plants to abiotic stresses

K Vishwakarma, M Mishra, G Patil… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abiotic stress imposed by many factors such as: extreme water regimes, adverse
temperatures, salinity, and heavy metal contamination result in severe crop yield losses …

Graphene oxide–upconversion nanoparticle based portable sensors for assessing nutritional deficiencies in crops

D Giust, MI Lucío, AH El-Sagheer, T Brown… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of innovative technologies to rapidly detect biomarkers associated with
nutritional deficiencies in crops is highly relevant to agriculture and thus could impact the …

Rice F-bZIP transcription factors regulate the zinc deficiency response

GH Lilay, PH Castro, JG Guedes… - Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The F-bZIP transcription factors bZIP19 and bZIP23 are the central regulators of the zinc
deficiency response in Arabidopsis, and phylogenetic analysis of F-bZIP homologs across …

Primary nutrient sensors in plants

D Podar, FJM Maathuis - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Nutrients are scarce and valuable resources, so plants developed sophisticated
mechanisms to optimize nutrient use efficiency. A crucial part of this is monitoring external …

Zinc deficiency responses: bridging the gap between Arabidopsis and dicotyledonous crops

N Thiébaut, M Hanikenne - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Zinc (Zn) deficiency is a widespread phenomenon in agricultural soils worldwide and has a
major impact on crop yield and quality, and hence on human nutrition and health. Although …