Cation transporters/channels are key players in a wide range of physiological functions in plants, including cell signaling, osmoregulation, plant nutrition and metal tolerance. The recent identification of genes encoding some of these transport systems has allowed new studies toward further understanding of their integrated roles in plant. This review summarizes recent discoveries regarding th...

Arsenic (As) is a pollutant of major concern throughout the world, and causes serious environmental problems in many areas including, for example, West Bengal, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. Phytoremediation is potentially a cost-effective and environmentally benign method of extracting pollutants from soils for which there have been significant recent advances for As. In particular, the discovery of...

An iodine biofortification experiment was conducted by applying potassium iodate fertilizer in soil and foliar form chitosan complex forms to investigate the growth, yield, quality uptake of shivam hybrid tomato Palaviduthi series Coimbatore region. Soil fertilization alone resulted lower fruits because is susceptible high volatilization less phytoavailability also yield poor fruits. When were ...

It has been proposed that non-protein thiols and organic acids play a major role in cadmium phytoavailability distribution plants. In the Cd-hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum non-accumulator melongena, of these ligands accumulation detoxification mechanisms Cd are debated. this study, we used X-ray absorption spectroscopy to investigate speciation plants (roots, stem, leaves) soils for their cult...