Industrial revolution brought prodigious encroachment on agricultural productivity but at
apparent environmental costs. One of the major unfortunate consequences of …

Members of the ferritin superfamily are multi-subunit cage-like proteins with a hollow interior
cavity. These proteins possess three distinct surfaces, ie interior and exterior surfaces of the …

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the primary factor limiting crop production on acidic soils (pH values
of 5 or below), and because 50% of the world's potentially arable lands are acidic, Al toxicity …

This review is concentrating on the role of aluminium (Al)‐calcium (Ca) interactions in Al
toxicity syndrome in plants. Disruption of cytoplasmic Ca2+ homeostasis has been …

Ca2+ in rooting medium is essential for root elongation, even in the absence of added
toxicants. In the presence of rhizotoxic levels of Al3+, H+, or Na+ (or other cationic toxicants) …

Adsorption of the divalent organic cations paraquat (PQ), diquat (DQ) and methyl green
(MG) on sepiolite was determined experimentally and investigated with an adsorption …

There are three kinds of membrane potentials: the surface potentials, resulting from the
accumulation of charges at the membrane surfaces; the transmembrane potential …

Heavy metals are the most persistent and complex pollutants in nature. They not only reduce
the quality of the atmosphere, water bodies and food crops, but also threaten the health and …

Root elongation by wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Scout 66) was not inhibited by
NaCl or KCl up to 130 mM in culture solutions or by high Na+ (2 mg g− 1 FW) or K+ (4 mg g …

Root elongation in short-term experiments with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings
demonstrated that the following ions were rhizotoxic in the order Cu 2+> Al 3+≫ H+> Zn …