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AuthorShamsi, Imran Haider
AuthorZhang, Qichun
AuthorMa, Zhengxin
AuthorNoreen, Sibgha
AuthorAkhter, Muhammad Salim
AuthorIqbal, Ummar
AuthorAdil, Muhammad Faheem
AuthorKarim, Muhammad Fazal
AuthorUllah, Najeeb
Available date2023-10-11T07:15:13Z
Publication Date2023-09-05
Publication NameHeavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants: A Biological, Omics, and Genetic Engineering Approach
CitationShamsi, I.H., Zhang, Q., Ma, Z., Noreen, S., Akhter, M.S., Iqbal, U., Adil, M.F., Karim, M.F. and Ullah, N. (2023). Zinc Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants. In Heavy Metal Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants (eds M.A. Hossain, A.Z. Hossain, S. Bourgerie, M. Fujita, O.P. Dhankher and P. Haris). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119906506.ch13
ISBN9781119906469
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/48428
AbstractZinc (Zn) is vital for optimum growth not only for plants but also for humans. In plants, Zn supplement either from natural resources/soil or exogenous application is essential for better flowering and fruiting. The importance of Zn lies in the fact that it works as a co-factor for up to 300 enzymes, i.e. superoxide dismutase, alcohol dehydrogenase, carbonic anhydrase, RNA polymerase, etc. It stabilizes transcription of DNA–RNA binding effects, regulating protein–protein interactions, and chromatin structure. However, its toxicity poses serious concerns, resulting in stunted shoot growth, leaf tip necrosis, curling of younger leaves and chlorosis. The thin line of optimum range of Zn has drawn attention of a lot of scientists apropos of Zn utilization in agricultural production and sustainability. In this chapter, we focused on the multi-omic studies based on pivotal strategies adopted by plants against Zn toxicity, and the advancements in understanding various attenuation mechanisms to cope with Zn fluctuations in agricultural fields, which will help researchers/breeders for enhancing Zn nutritional contents via genetic and agronomic biofortification and optimizing plant Zn efficiency/toxicity to combat Zn malnutrition in the world.
Languageen
PublisherWiley
Subjectsuperoxide dismutase
Plants
zinc
attenuation mechanisms
genomics
metabolomics
proteomics
alcohol dehydrogenase
transcriptomics
genome-wide association study
TitleZinc Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants
TypeBook chapter
Pagination275-292
EISBN9781119906506
dc.accessType Full Text


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