Phytotoxicity of Mercury in Plants: A Review

By R. Azevedo, E. Rodriguez. 2012

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With the advent of the industrial revolution, heavy metal contamination has become an ever increasing concern. Thus, it is of major importance to understand the extent of the toxicity in plants and animals and the consequences from the ingestion of contaminated food. Hg is easily modified into several oxidation states, and it can be spread in many ecosystems. Due to the recurrence of Hg pollution and due to the lack of knowledge about the effects of this heavy metal in plants, the aim of the present text is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature regarding Hg phytotoxicity.

Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution

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• Biota as toxic metal indicators (2014, background): “The entrance of the metal into the cell can mobilize several metabolic pathways and genetic processes to neutralize the source of toxicity (Azevedo and Rodriguez 2012).”
• Engineering plants for heavy metal stress tolerance (2018, unknown): “0, and 10 ppm of Cd, Pb, and Zn, respectively; while the rate of cell division was shortened but the cell cycle was extended by increasing the concentration of HMs (Azevedo and Rodriguez 2012).”