Arabidopsis root growth and development under metal exposure presented in an adverse outcome pathway framework.

ABSTRACT: Due to human activities, soils become more and more polluted with metals, which imposes risks for human health and wildlife welfare. As most of the metals end up in the food chain through accumulation in plants, we need to establish science-based environmental criteria and risk management policies. To meet these necessities, a thorough understanding is required of how these metals accumulate in and affect plants. Many studies have been conducted towards this aim, but strikingly, only a few entries can be found in ecotoxicological databases, especially on Arabidopsis thaliana, which serves as a model species for plant (cell) physiology and genetic studies. As experimental conditions seem to vary considerably throughout literature, extrapolation or comparison of data is rather difficult or s

SUBMITTER: van Dijk JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290988 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature