Metalloids in Plants
Advances and Future Prospects
1. Edition June 2020
520 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Understanding metalloids and the potential impact they can have upon crop success or failure
Metalloids have a complex relationship with plant life. Exhibiting a combination of metal and non-metal characteristics, this small group of elements - which includes boron (B), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), and tellurium (Te) - may hinder or enhance the growth and survival of crops. The causes underlying the effects that different metalloids may have upon certain plants range from genetic variance to anatomical factors, the complexities of which can pose a challenge to botanists and agriculturalists of all backgrounds.
With Metalloids in Plants, a group of leading plant scientists present a complete guide to the beneficial and adverse impacts of metalloids at morphological, anatomical, biochemical, and molecular levels. Insightful analysis of data on genetic regulation helps to inform the optimization of farming, indicating how one may boost the uptake of beneficial metalloids and reduce the influence of toxic ones. Contained within this essential new text, there are:
* Expert analyses of the role of metalloids in plants, covering their benefits as well as their adverse effects
* Explanations of the physiological, biochemical, and genetic factors at play in plant uptake of metalloids
* Outlines of the breeding and genetic engineering techniques involved in the generation of resistant crops
Written for students and professionals in the fields of agriculture, botany, molecular biology, and biotechnology, Metalloids in Plants is an invaluable overview of the relationship between crops and these unusual elements.
Chapter 2: Metalloids and their Impact on Environment
Chapter 3: Phytoremediation of Metalloid Contaminated Soil
Chapter 4: Plant responses to metalloid accumulation
Chapter 5: The Role of Microbes in Detoxification and Availability of Metalloids
Chapter 6: Influence of metals and metalloids on microbial diversity of soil and ecosystem
Chapter 7: Influence of Metalloids and their Toxicity Impact on Photosynthetic Parameters of Plants
Chapter 8: Distribution of metals and metalloids in plants: tools and techniques for efficient imaging and quantification
Chapter 9: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbes: Potential Tools for Detoxification and Bioavailability of Metalloids
Chapter 10: Mechanisms of plant resistance to metalloid ions and potential biotechnological applications
Chapter 11: Molecular investigation of metalloid stress response in higher plants: recent insight from toxicity to tolerance
Chapter 12: Toxicity of Arsenic and Molecular Mechanism in Plants
Chapter 13: Omics approaches and biotechnological perspectives of arsenic stress and detoxification in plants
Chapter 14: Antimony and plants: accumulation, toxic effects and plant defense systems
Chapter 15: Boron Tolerance in Plants: Physiological Roles and Transport Mechanisms
Chapter 16: Silicon nutrition and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: Promising strategies for abiotic stress management in crop plants
Chapter 17: Roles of Silicon in alleviating Zinc stress in plants
Chapter 18: Linking Secondary Metabolism and Signaling Response to Aluminum Stress and Siliconsupplementation In Plants
Chapter 19: The Use of Silicon in Agricultural Stress Management: Action Mechanisms and Future Prospects
Chapter 20: The Importance of Boron in Plant Nutrition
Chapter 21: Environmental Impact of Metals, Metalloids, and Their Toxicity
Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Gea Guerriero, Senior Research and Technology Associate, Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg
