Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants

A Biological, Omics, and Genetic Engineering Approach

Mohammad Anwar Hossain, AKM Zakir Hossain, Sylvain Bourgerie, Masayuki Fujita, Om Parkash Dhankher, Parvez Haris

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781119906469
• eBook ISBN: 9781119906483
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Botany
• Index: Biological Sciences

Comprehensive resource detailing the molecular mechanisms underlying heavy metal toxicity and tolerance in plants

Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants provides a comprehensive overview of the physiological, biochemical, and molecular basis of heavy metal tolerance and functional omics that allow for a deeper understanding of using heavy metal tolerance for deliberate manipulation of plants. Through the authors' unique approach, the text enables researchers to develop strategies to enhance metal toxicity and deficiency tolerance as well as crop productivity under stressful conditions, in order to better utilize natural resources to ensure future food security.

The text presents the basic knowledge of plant heavy metal/metalloid tolerance using modern approaches, including omics, nanotechnology, and genetic manipulation, and covers molecular breeding, genetic engineering, and approaches for high yield and quality under metal toxicity or deficiency stress conditions.

With a collection of 26 chapters contributed by the leading experts in the fields surrounding heavy metal and metalloids toxicity and tolerance in crop plants, Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants includes further information on:

• Advanced techniques in omics research in relation to heavy metals/metalloids toxicity and tolerance
• Heavy metals/metalloids in food crops and their implications for human health
• Molecular mechanisms of heavy metals/metalloids toxicity and tolerance in plants
• Molecular breeding approaches for reducing heavy metals load in the edible plant parts
• Hormonal regulation of heavy metals toxicity and tolerance
• Applications of nanotechnology for improving heavy metals stress tolerance
• Genetic engineering for heavy metals/metalloids stress tolerance in plants

With comprehensive coverage of the subject, Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants is an essential reference for researchers working on developing plants tolerant to metals/metalloids stress and effective strategies for reducing the risk of health hazards.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Table of Contents
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Editor Biographies
• 1 Plant Response and Tolerance to Heavy Metal Toxicity
• 2 Advanced Techniques in Omics Research in Relation to Heavy Metal/Metalloid Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 3 Heavy Metals/Metalloids in Food Crops and Their Implications for Human Health
• 4 Aluminum Stress Tolerance in Plants
• 5 Breeding Approaches for Aluminum Toxicity Tolerance in Rice and Wheat
• 6 Chromium Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 7 Manganese Toxicity and Tolerance in Photosynthetic Organisms and Breeding Strategy for Improving Manganese Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 8 Iron Excess Toxicity and Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 9 Molecular Breeding for Iron Toxicity Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
• 10 Cobalt Induced Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 11 Nickel Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 12 Copper Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 13 Zinc Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 14 Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 15 Selenium Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 16 Breeding for Rice Cultivars with Low Cadmium Accumulation
• 17 Mercury Toxicity
• 18 Lead Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
• 19 Interaction of Heavy Metal with Drought/Salinity Stress in Plants
• 20 Hormonal Regulation of Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 21 Heavy‐Metal‐Induced Reactive Oxygen Species and Methylglyoxal Formation and Detoxification in Crop Plants
• 22 Biochar Amendments in Soils and Heavy Metal Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 23 Plant‐Growth‐Promoting Rhizobacteria and Their Metabolites
• 24 Applications of Nanotechnology for Improving Heavy Metal Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
• 25 The Dynamics of Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals
• 26 Genetic Engineering for Heavy Metal/Metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants
• Index
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