Heavy metal contamination is a globally recognized environmental issue, threatening
human life very seriously. Increasing population and high demand for food resulted in …

Cadmium (Cd) is an inorganic mineral in the earth's crust. Cadmium entry into the
environment occurs through geogenic and anthropogenic sources. Industrial activities …

Eukaryotic cells contain numerous iron-requiring proteins such as iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster
proteins, hemoproteins and ribonucleotide reductases (RNRs). These proteins utilize iron as …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

In plants, the excess of several heavy metals mimics iron (Fe) deficiency-induced chlorosis,
indicating a disturbance in Fe homeostasis. To examine the level at which heavy metals …

Bark tissue of Populus× canescens can hyperaccumulate cadmium, but microstructural,
transcriptomic, and physiological response mechanisms are poorly understood …

Worldwide, there are many large areas moderately contaminated with heavy metals and/or
organics that have not been remediated due to the high cost and technical drawbacks of …

Phytoremediation can be accelerated if contaminated soils are amended with releasing
agents. We tested four such materials, citric acid (CA), EDTA, oxalic acid (OA), and tartaric …

Certain molecular mechanisms of Cd tolerance and accumulation have been identified in
the model species Arabidopsis halleri, while intraspecific variability of these traits and the …

Populus yunnanensis was employed as a model species to detect sexual differences in
growth, physiological, biochemical, and ultrastructural responses to cadmium (Cd) stress …