[PDF][PDF] Toxic metals and metalloids: Uptake, transport, detoxification, phytoremediation, and crop improvement for safer food

FJ Zhao, Z Tang, JJ Song, XY Huang, P Wang - Molecular plant, 2022 - cell.com
Agricultural soils are under threat of toxic metal/metalloid contamination from anthropogenic
activities, leading to excessive accumulation of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and …

[HTML][HTML] Cadmium phytotoxicity, tolerance, and advanced remediation approaches in agricultural soils; a comprehensive review

U Zulfiqar, W Jiang, W Xiukang, S Hussain… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cadmium (Cd) is a major environmental contaminant due to its widespread industrial use.
Cd contamination of soil and water is rather classical but has emerged as a recent problem …

[HTML][HTML] Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

M Maccaferri, NS Harris, SO Twardziok, RK Pasam… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The domestication of wild emmer wheat led to the selection of modern durum wheat, grown
mainly for pasta production. We describe the 10.45 gigabase (Gb) assembly of the genome …

Soil contamination in China: current status and mitigation strategies

FJ Zhao, Y Ma, YG Zhu, Z Tang… - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
China faces great challenges in protecting its soil from contamination caused by rapid
industrialization and urbanization over the last three decades. Recent nationwide surveys …

A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium … - Science, 2014 - science.org
An ordered draft sequence of the 17-gigabase hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
genome has been produced by sequencing isolated chromosome arms. We have annotated …

Plant science: the key to preventing slow cadmium poisoning

S Clemens, MGM Aarts, S Thomine… - Trends in plant science, 2013 - cell.com
Practically all human populations are environmentally exposed to cadmium (Cd), mostly
through plant-derived food. A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggests that there …

Managing cadmium in agricultural systems

MJ McLaughlin, E Smolders, FJ Zhao, C Grant… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is a naturally occurring element present in all soils from both geogenic and
anthropogenic sources. The primary risk pathway to humans is exposure through dietary …

Overexpression of Rice OsHMA3 in Wheat Greatly Decreases Cadmium Accumulation in Wheat Grains

L Zhang, C Gao, C Chen, W Zhang… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cereals are a major dietary source of the toxic metal cadmium (Cd). Reducing Cd
accumulation in cereal crops such as wheat (Triticum aestivum) is important for food safety …

Genome interplay in the grain transcriptome of hexaploid bread wheat

M Pfeifer, KG Kugler, SR Sandve, B Zhan, H Rudi… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Allohexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) provides approximately 20% of calories
consumed by humans. Lack of genome sequence for the three homeologous and highly …

Nramp5 expression and functionality likely explain higher cadmium uptake in rice than in wheat and maize

FQ Sui, JD Chang, Z Tang, WJ Liu, XY Huang, FJ Zhao - Plant and Soil, 2018 - Springer
Background and aims Cereals are the main dietary source of cadmium (Cd). Rice grains
often contain higher levels of Cd than other cereals, but the reasons are unknown. The aims …