Manganese (Mn) is an important micronutrient for plant growth and development and
sustains metabolic roles within different plant cell compartments. The metal is an essential …

Contents Summary 49 I. Introduction 49 II. Physiological and structural characteristics of
plant Ca2+‐permeable ion channels 50 III. Ca2+ extrusion systems 61 IV. Concluding …

Heavy metal contamination of agricultural fields has become a global concern as it causes a
direct impact on human health. Rice is the major food crop for almost half of the world …

In numerous plant signal transduction pathways, Ca2+ is a versatile second messenger
which controls the activation of many downstream actions in response to various stimuli …

Manganese (Mn), an essential trace element, is important for plant health. In plants, Mn
serves as a cofactor in essential processes such as photosynthesis, lipid biosynthesis and …

Vacuoles in vegetative tissues allow the plant surface to expand by accumulating
energetically cheap inorganic osmolytes, and thereby optimize the plant for absorption of …

Abstract Calcium (Ca2+) and manganese (Mn2+) are essential elements for plants and have
similar ionic radii and binding coordination. They are assigned specific functions within …

Plants take up metals, including the essential micronutrients [iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc
(Zn), and manganese (Mn)] and the toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd), from soil and …

Manganese (Mn) is an essential micronutrient for plants, but is toxic when present in excess.
The rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) accumulates high concentrations of Mn in the aerial parts; …

Plants only require small amounts of manganese (Mn) for healthy growth, but Mn
concentrations in soil solution vary from sub-micromolar to hundreds of micromolar across …