Plant iron nutrition: The long road from soil to seeds

I Murgia, F Marzorati, G Vigani… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Iron (Fe) is an essential plant micronutrient since many cellular processes including
photosynthesis, respiration, and the scavenging of reactive oxygen species depend on …

Iron in leaves: Chemical forms, signalling, and in-cell distribution

M Sági-Kazár, K Solymosi, Á Solti - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Iron (Fe) is an essential transition metal. Based on its redox-active nature under biological
conditions, various Fe compounds serve as cofactors in redox enzymes. In plants, the …

Iron biofortification in cereal crops: Recent progress and prospects

U Zulfiqar, A Ayub, S Hussain, M Ahmad… - Food and energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient malnutrition is one of the major causes of human disorders in the developing
world. Iron (Fe) is an important micronutrient due to its use in human metabolism such as …

Biofortification of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) with iron and zinc: Achievements and challenges

R Huertas, B Karpinska, S Ngala… - Food and Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger), particularly in iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn), remain one
of the most serious public health challenges, affecting more than three billion people …

Vacuolar iron transporter (like) proteins: Regulators of cellular iron accumulation in plants

H Ram, S Sardar, N Gandass - Physiologia Plantarum, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Iron is not only important for plant physiology, but also a very important micronutrient in
human diets. The vacuole is the main site for accumulation of excess amounts of various …

Biofortified legumes: Present scenario, possibilities and challenges

A Joshi-Saha, SK Sethy, G Misra, GP Dixit… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Being an affordable and good source of protein to a vast population that is vegetarian by
choice or non-affordability of non-vegetarian food, legumes constitute a staple food in many …

Handing off iron to the next generation: how does it get into seeds and what for?

S Mari, C Bailly, S Thomine - Biochemical Journal, 2020 - portlandpress.com
To ensure the success of the new generation in annual species, the mother plant transfers a
large proportion of the nutrients it has accumulated during its vegetative life to the next …

Ethylene promotes seed iron storage during Arabidopsis seed maturation via ERF95 transcription factor

Y Sun, JQ Li, JY Yan, JJ Yuan, GX Li… - Journal of Integrative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Because Iron (Fe) is an essential element, Fe storage in plant seeds is necessary
for seedling establishment following germination. However, the mechanisms controlling …

The role of sulfur in agronomic biofortification with essential micronutrients

SN Chorianopoulou, DL Bouranis - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sulfur (S) is an essential macronutrient for plants, being necessary for their growth and
metabolism and exhibiting diverse roles throughout their life cycles. Inside the plant body, S …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and function of the vacuolar Ccc1/VIT1 family of iron transporters and its regulation in fungi

R Sorribes-Dauden, D Peris, MT Martínez-Pastor… - Computational and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Iron is an essential micronutrient for most living beings since it participates as a redox active
cofactor in many biological processes including cellular respiration, lipid biosynthesis, DNA …