Heavy Metal-Induced Plant Stress: Toxicity, Tolerance Mechanisms and Homoeostasis

Dear Colleagues,

Heavy metals (HM) such as cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) are toxic to humans, animals, and plants. Additionally, their non-biodegradable nature potentiates their accumulation in the environment and subsequent entrance into food chains, as they are taken by plants. Plants, due to their sessile nature, are strongly affected by the high levels of HM in the environment. Because HM contamination is growing worldwide, leading to major reductions in arable land, it is necessary to understand the tolerance or accumulation mechanisms of plants to HM, its effects on their primary metabolism, and different measures possible to be used to mitigate those negative effects, so that actions can be put into practice to maintain crop production in the future.

This Agronomy Special Issue will welcome contributions in the abovementioned fields of interest, including HM uptake and accumulation in plant tissues, HM homeostasis, and its effects in carbon, nitrogen, and oxidative metabolisms.

Dr. Cláudia Sofia Pereira
Prof. Dr. Jorge Teixeira
Guest Editors

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