Heavy Metal Accumulation and Detoxification in Plants
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Physiology and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 306
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plant ecotoxicology; plant physiology; phytoremediation of heavy metals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plants is publishing a Special Issue entitled “Heavy Metal Accumulation and Detoxification in Plants.”
Heavy metals (HMs, elements with a density higher than 5 g/cm3) are widely present in rock formations and can be released via anthropical intervention. HM pollution is a major environmental stress affecting plant growth and development. Indeed, HMs inhibit various physiological processes in plants, including plant growth, photosynthesis, and antioxidation. As sessile organisms, plants counteract HM stresses through morphological and physiological adaptations, which are imparted by well-coordinated molecular mechanisms. Although such intricate mechanisms and the underlying genetics have been extensively studied, more detailed information is still unknown. Recently, new approaches, including transcriptomics, genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics analyses, have shed light on the molecular mechanisms involved in plants’ adaptive responses to HM stress. Understanding the mechanisms of HM detoxification and heavy metal uptake, transport, sequestration, and accumulation in plants is of great importance for avoiding human health risks. Thus, this Special Issue aims to stimulate comprehensive research on the detoxification, uptake, transport, sequestration, and accumulation of HMs in plants.
Prof. Dr. Gangrong Shi
Dr. Giovanni DalCorso
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- molecular mechanisms
- detoxification
- translocation
- accumulation
- physiological responses
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