Multiomics and biotechnologies for understanding and influencing cadmium accumulation and stress response in plants.

ABSTRACT: Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic heavy metals faced by plants and, additionally, via the food chain, threatens human health. It is principally dispersed through agro-ecosystems via anthropogenic activities and geogenic sources. Given its high mobility and persistence, Cd, although not required, can be readily assimilated by plants thereby posing a threat to plant growth and productivity as well as animal and human health. Thus, breeding crop plants in which the edible parts contain low to zero Cd as safe food stuffs and harvesting shoots of high Cd-containing plants as a route for decontaminating soils are vital strategies to cope with this problem. Recently, multiomics approaches have been employed to considerably enhance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying (i) Cd toxicity

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536459 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature