Physiological and Biochemical Responses of Plants to Heavy Metal Stress

Dear Colleagues,

Soil pollution with heavy metals has become a serious problem worldwide. The mobilisation of heavy metals through extraction from ores with subsequent processing and broad applications has led to their release into the environment. Being essentially nonbiodegradable, heavy metals tend to accumulate in the environment and pose an increasing risk to ecosystems and human health.

The exposure of a plant to heavy metal stress activates an array of molecular and physiological mechanisms to reduce the negative effect of the stressor. In this Special Issue, research articles and reviews that focus on plant reactions to heavy metals, including physiology, biochemistry, genes, hormones, regulatory and signalling compounds, primary and secondary metabolites, and nutrition and environment, comprising metabolome, transcriptome and proteome studies, plant microbiome, metals interactions with nutrients in controlled and greenhouse studies, as well as in-field and agronomic scale trials on model plants, crops, trees, grasses, native species, etc. are most welcome.

Dr. Kinga Drzewiecka
Prof. Dr. Monika Gasecka
Guest Editors

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