The contamination of the environment with toxic metals has become a worldwide problem.
Metal toxicity affects crop yields, soil biomass and fertility. Soils polluted with heavy metals …

Plants are able to extract metal (loid) contaminants from the soil or water through their roots
and translocate them to harvestable aerial shoots. Of late, this plant potential has been used …

A cDNA clone, encoding 75-amino acids metallothionein type 1 protein (CcMT1), has been
isolated from the cDNA library of pigeonpea. Northern blot analysis of pigeonpea plants …

Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is one of the most precise and widely
used methods of gene expression analysis. A necessary prerequisite of exact and reliable …

Salinity is significantly impeding agricultural productivity globally. As an ameliorative
strategy, the quest for salinity tolerance genes and pathways to counter this problem is on …

Buckwheat is a crop that has gained considerable interest worldwide due to its nutritional,
economical, and pharmaceutical values. To ensure food and nutritional security in a …

Promoters are essential sequences and binds with RNA polymerase and several
transcription factors to initiate the transcription of the gene. The promoter consists of several …

Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal for both plants and animals. The presence of Cd in
agricultural soils is of major concern regarding its entry into the food chain, since Cd …

The results of this study provided accurate guidance on the possibility of using common
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) in phytoremediation practices for mineral soil …

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum spp.) is a typical pseudocereal, valued for its extensive nutraceutical
potential as well as its centuries-old cultivation. Tartary buckwheat and common buckwheat …