Toxicity and Detoxification of Heavy Metals in Plants
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 4363
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant physiology; genomics; biotechnology; pathology; fruit quality
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Interests: mechanisms of mineral nutrient uptake in plants; impact of heavy metals on plant nutrient homeostasis; role of the rhizosphere microbiome in plant nutrient and heavy metal dynamics; sustainable agricultural practices for managing mineral nutrition and mitigating heavy metal stress
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heavy metal (HM) pollution, as a consequence of geological and anthropogenic activities, affects many regions worldwide. It is mainly released from industrial activities, mining, agriculture, and plastic manufacturing and negatively affects human health, such as cancer, neurological and pulmonary diseases, etc. Numerous human activities increase the concentration of heavy metals, and the most common traceable ones in the soil are arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc and copper. The investigations on the molecular mechanisms, genetics, plant physiology, and morphological and structural modifications are fundamental to understanding the strategies implemented by plants to achieve a double objective: preserve the food chain from HM contamination and, on the contrary, use plants to recover polluted areas.
This special issue aims to collect research publications on the accumulation and compartmentalisation of heavy metals, molecular response systems and defence, detoxification, and phytoremediation.
Prof. Dr. Luigi De Bellis
Dr. Alessio Aprile
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- phytoremediation
- toxicity
- tolerance
- tetoxification
- heavy metal accumulation
- cell and tissue compartmentalisation
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