Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants A Biological, Omics, and Genetic Engineering Approach

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.

Mohammad Anwar Hossain is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

A.K.M. Zakir Hossain is a Professor in the Department of Crop Botany, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Sylvain Bourgerie is an Associate Professor working in the Laboratory of Woody Plants and Crops Biology, Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France.

Masayuki Fujita is a Professor in the Department of Plant Science, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.

Om Parkash Dhankher is Professor of Agriculture Biotechnology in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, College of Natural Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

Parvez Harisis is a professor and Chair of Biomedical Science at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

1 Plant Response and Tolerance to Heavy Metal Toxicity: An Overview of Chemical Biology Omics Studies and Genetic Engineering
2 Advanced Techniques in Omics Research in Relation to Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
3 Heavy Metals/Metalloids in Food Crops and Their Implications for Human Health
4 Aluminum Stress Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Approaches
5 Breeding Approaches for Aluminum Toxicity Tolerance in Rice and Wheat
6 Chromium Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
7 Manganese Toxicity and Tolerance in Photosynthetic Organisms and Breeding Strategy for Improving Manganese Tolerance in Crop Plants: Physiological and Omics Approach Perspectives
8 Iron Excess Toxicity and Tolerance in Crop Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
9 Molecular Breeding for Iron Toxicity Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
10 Cobalt Induced Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Approaches
11 Nickel Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
12 Copper Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
13 Zinc Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
14 Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
15 Selenium Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
16 Breeding for Rice Cultivars with Low Cadmium Accumulation
17 Mercury Toxicity: Plant Response and Tolerance
18 Lead Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Studies
19 Interaction of Heavy Metals 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: Modulation of Tolerance by Exogenous Chemical Compounds
22 Biochar Amendments in Soils and Heavy Metal Tolerance in Crop Plants
23 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and their Metabolites: Clean and Green Approaches to deal with Heavy Metal Toxicity
24 Application of Nanotechnology for Improving Heavy Metal Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants
25 The Dynamics of Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives
26 Genetic Engineering for Heavy Metal/Metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants

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