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.

List of contents

List of Contributors xix
 
Preface xxix
 
Editor Biographies xxxi
 
1 Plant Response and Tolerance to Heavy Metal Toxicity: An Overview of Chemical Biology, Omics Studies, and Genetic Engineering 1
Lovely Mahawar, Sakshi Pandey, Aparna Pandey, and Sheo Mohan Prasad
 
1.1 Introduction 1
 
1.2 Plant-Metal Interaction 2
 
1.3 Effect of Heavy Metals on Plants 3
 
1.3.1 Morphoanatomical Responses 3
 
1.3.2 Physiological Responses 8
 
1.3.3 Biochemical Responses 8
 
1.3.4 Molecular Responses 9
 
1.4 Mechanisms to Tolerate Heavy Metal Toxicity 10
 
1.4.1 Avoidance 10
 
1.4.1.1 Mycorrhizal Association 10
 
1.4.1.2 Root Exudates 12
 
1.4.2 Sequestration 12
 
1.5 Important Strategies for the Enhancement of Metal Tolerance 15
 
1.5.1 Omics 15
 
1.5.1.1 Genomics 15
 
1.5.1.2 Transcriptomics 15
 
1.5.1.3 Proteomics 17
 
1.5.1.4 Metabolomics 17
 
1.5.1.5 Ionomics 18
 
1.5.1.6 miRNAomics 19
 
1.5.1.7 Metallomics 19
 
1.5.2 Genetic Engineering 20
 
1.5.2.1 CRISPR Technology 20
 
1.5.2.2 Plastid Transformation 21
 
1.5.2.3 Gene Silencing 22
 
1.6 Conclusion and Future Prospects 22
 
References 23
 
2 Advanced Techniques in Omics Research in Relation to Heavy Metal/Metalloid Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants 35
Ali Raza, Shanza Bashir , Hajar Salehi , Monica Jamla, Sidra Charagh, Abdolkarim Chehregani Rad, and Mohammad Anwar Hossain
 
2.1 Introduction 35
 
2.2 An Overview of Plant Responses to Heavy Metal Toxicity 36
 
2.3 How the Integration of Multi-omics Data Sets Helps in Studying the Heavy Metal Stress Responses and Tolerance Mechanisms? 39
 
2.3.1 The Contribution of State-of-the-Art Genomics-Assisted Breeding 39
 
2.3.1.1 Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Mapping 39
 
2.3.1.2 Genome-Wide Association Studies 41
 
2.3.2 Transcriptomics 42
 
2.3.3 Proteomics 44
 
2.3.4 Metabolomics 46
 
2.3.5 miRNAomics 47
 
2.3.6 Phenomics 49
 
2.4 Conclusion and Perspectives 50
 
References 50
 
3 Heavy Metals/Metalloids in Food Crops and Their Implications for Human Health 59
Shihab Uddin, Hasina Afroz, Mahmud Hossain, Jessica Briffa, Renald Blundell, and Md. Rafiqul Islam
 
3.1 Introduction 59
 
3.2 Arsenic 60
 
3.2.1 Sources and Forms 60
 
3.2.2 Food Chain Contamination 62
 
3.2.3 Pharmacokinetic Processes 62
 
3.2.4 Toxicology Processes 62
 
3.2.5 Remedial Options 63
 
3.3 Cadmium 63
 
3.3.1 Sources and Forms 64
 
3.3.2 Food Chain Contamination 64
 
3.3.3 Pharmacokinetic Processes 66
 
3.3.4 Toxicology Processes 66
 
3.3.5 Remedial Options 67
 
3.4 Lead 67
 
3.4.1 Sources and Forms 68
 
3.4.2 Food Chain Contamination 68
 
3.4.3 Pharmacokinetic Processes 68
 
3.4.4 Toxicology Processes 70
 
3.4.5 Remedial Options 71
 
3.5 Chromium 72
 
3.5.1 Sources and Forms 72
 
3.5.2 Food Chain Contamination 74
 
3.5.3 Pharmacokinetic Processes 74
 
3.5.4 Toxicology Processes 74
 
3.5.5 Remedial Options 75
 
3.6 Mercury 76
 
3.6.1 Sources and Forms 76
 
3.6.2 Food Chain Contamination 77
 
3.6.3 Pharmacokinetic Processes 79
 
3.6.4 Toxicology Processes 79
 
3.6.5 Remedial Options 80
 
3.7 Conclusions 81
 
References 81
 
4 Aluminum Stress Tolerance in Plants: Insights from Omics Approaches 87
Richa Srivasta

About the author

Mohammad Anwar Hossain is a Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. AKM 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, USA. Parvez Haris is a Professor and Chair of Biomedical Science at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: M A Hossain, Mohammad Anwar (Bangladesh Agricultural U Hossain
• Assisted by: Sylvain Bourgerie (Editor), Sylvain Bourgerie et al (Editor), Om Parkash Dhankher (Editor), Dhankher Om Parkash (Editor), Masayuki Fujita (Editor), Masayuku Fujita (Editor), Fujita Masayuki (Editor), Parvez Haris (Editor), A. K. M. Zakir Hossain (Editor), AKM Zakir Hossain (Editor), Mohammad Anwar Hossain (Editor), Hossain Mohammad Anwar (Editor), A K M Zakir Hossain (Editor), AKM Zakir Hossain (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781119906469
• ISBN: 978-1-119-90646-9
• No. of pages: 640
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; Chemie, Landwirtschaft, Botanik, Umweltchemie, Life Sciences, Biowissenschaften, SCHWERMETALLE, chemistry, Feldfrüchte, Agriculture, Environmental Chemistry, Plant Science, Crops, Schwermetallbelastung, Schwermetallaufnahme