Küpper, Hendrik and Verbruggen, Nathalie and Maksimova, Viktorija and Jordanoska Shishkoska, Biljana (2020) CA19116 Trace metal metabolism in plants. [Project]
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Abstract
Many trace metals (TMs) (e.g. Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn) are essential for organisms as active centres of enzymes, as about one third of all proteins are metalloproteins. Therefore, TM homeostasis in plants is at the core of many challenges currently facing agriculture and human societies. Low TM bioavailability in many soil types of large world areas causes a reduction in crop production and diminishes the nutritional value of food. Some essential TMs (e.g. Cu) have narrow beneficial concentration ranges, while others (e.g. Cd, Hg) are usually only toxic, and in many areas of the world metal toxicity is a severe agricultural and environmental problem. For environmental risk assessment and remediation, as well as improved agriculture (targeted fertilization and breeding), the mechanisms of TM uptake, distribution, speciation, physiological use, deficiency, toxicity and detoxification need to be better understood. This Action aims at elucidating them by the combined expertise of researchers (physiologists, (bio)physicists, (bio)(geo)chemists, molecular geneticists, ecologists, agronomists and soil scientists). It furthermore aims at making this knowledge applicable to the needs of farmers and consumers, with input from companies for translating laboratory results into applied products. This shall be done by integrated scientific, communication, and dissemination activities, pooling together our research efforts. Regular meetings within and between the workgroups of this COST Action, training workshops for young scientists, as well as by technology transfer meetings will be organized in cooperation with the partner companies within the Action, as well as producers and merchants of micronutrient fertilisers.
| Item Type: | Project |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | trace metal uptake and distribution - transition metal speciation - trace metal deficiency and trace metal uptake efficiency - trace metal toxicity and detoxification - metalloenzymes and metal metabolism |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences > Biological sciences Natural sciences > Chemical sciences Natural sciences > Other natural sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Viktorija Maksimova |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2021 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2021 09:38 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/28813 |
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