[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Physiological and molecular mechanisms of medicinal plants in response to cadmium stress: Current status and future perspective

P Fan, L Wu, Q Wang, Y Wang, H Luo, J Song… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nutrient carriers at the heart of plant nutrition and sensing

K Robe, M Barberon - Current opinion in plant biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants require water and several essential nutrients for their development. The radial
transport of nutrients from the soil to the root vasculature is achieved through a combination …

Biofortification of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with iron and zinc: Achievements and challenges

R Huertas, B Karpinska, S Ngala… - Food and Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger), particularly in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), remain one
of the most serious public health challenges, affecting more than three billion people …

The role of membrane transporters in the biofortification of zinc and iron in plants

TPA Krishna, T Maharajan, SA Ceasar - Biological Trace Element …, 2023 - Springer
Over three billion people suffer from various health issues due to the low supply of zinc (Zn)
and iron (Fe) in their food. Low supply of micronutrients is the main cause of malnutrition and …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies provide genetic insights into natural variation of seed-size-related traits in mungbean

J Liu, Y Lin, J Chen, Q Yan, C Xue, R Wu… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek) is an important legume crop, its seed
yield is relatively low. To address this issue, here 196 accessions with 3,607,508 SNP …

Ferrous iron uptake via IRT1/ZIP evolved at least twice in green plants

WFC Rodrigues, ABP Lisboa, JE Lima… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Iron (Fe) is essential for virtually all organisms, being irreplaceable because of its
electrochemical properties that enable many biochemical processes, including …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of the zinc deficiency response in the legume model Medicago truncatula

F Liao, GH Lilay, PH Castro, H Azevedo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The zinc deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana is regulated by F-group basic region
leucine-zipper (F-bZIP) transcription factors, and there is evidence of evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] The F-bZIP-regulated Zn deficiency response in land plants

AGL Assunção - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Main conclusion This review describes zinc sensing and transcriptional regulation of the
zinc deficiency response in Arabidopsis, and discusses how their evolutionary conservation …

Metal Transport Systems in Plants

S Huang, N Yamaji, JF Ma - Annual Review of Plant Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Plants take up metals, including the essential micronutrients [iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc
(Zn), and manganese (Mn)] and the toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd), from soil and …