Environmental problems such as the deterioration of groundwater quality, soil degradation
and various threats to human, animal and ecosystem health are closely related to the …

Phytoremediation—the use of plants to clean up polluted soil and water resources—has
received much attention in the last few years. Although plants have the inherent ability to …

In recent years, genome sequencing has revealed that cytochromes P450 (P450s) constitute
the largest family of enzymatic proteins in higher plants. P450s are mono-oxygenases that …

The benefits of using pesticides globally to control pests come at the cost of their ubiquitous
occurrence in the ecosystem. The uncontrolled use of pesticides in agricultural practices …

The use of genetically modified or native microorganisms and plants to degrade or remove
pollutants has emerged as a powerful technology for in situ remediation. An understanding …

Abstract The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) xenobiotic inducible cytochrome
P450, CYP76B1, catalyzes rapid oxidative dealkylation of various phenylurea herbicides to …

Although in vitro production of potato tubers or microtuberization was achieved more than 40
years ago, the application of microtubers in reliable model research systems has been slow …

Environmental pollution is a major problem which affects biodiversity, public health and
ecosystems worldwide. This issue cannot currently be solved using conventional technology …

Plant transformation systems for creating transgenics require separate process for
introducing cloned DNA into living plant cells. Identification or selection of those cells that …

Atrazine is one of the most widely used herbicides in the USA. Atrazine chlorohydrolase
(AtzA), the first enzyme in a six‐step pathway leading to the mineralization of atrazine in …