Paper Title :Mechanisms of Chromium Tolerance, Uptake and Accumulation in Plants: A Hazardous Substance in the Food Chain
Author :Shira Corem, Hillel Fromm
Article Citation :Shira Corem ,Hillel Fromm ,
(2017 ) " Mechanisms of Chromium Tolerance, Uptake and Accumulation in Plants: A Hazardous Substance in the Food Chain " ,
International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJASEAT) ,
pp. 10-14,
Volume-5, Issue-4
Abstract : Anthropogenic activities have caused progressive environmental pollution and degradation. In particular, metal
contamination has dramatically increased since the industrial revolution, causing severe damages to water sources and soil.
To overcome these environmental hazards, phytoremediation is suggested as a sustainable approach for environmental
rehabilitation, which aims at using plants to remove heavy metals from contaminated soil or water through their uptake by
roots and transfer to the above-ground parts. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in transition metal
uptake and accumulation are still not completely clear. Assessment of the possible role of sulfate transporters in chromium
uptake and accumulation: results show evidence for chromate - sulfate competition, together with enhanced tolerance to
chromium when root-localized high-affinity sulfate transporters are genetically silenced, and hypersensitivity when they
were over-expressed in genetically transformed plants. Sulfate transporters are suggested to play an important role in
chromium uptake from the soil environment into plant cells, and detrimental chromium effects may be caused by
competition with sulfate at low chromium concentrations and by chromium toxicity at higher concentrations.
Keywords- Chromium, Heavy metals, Metal toxicity, Plant sulfur transport,
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-5, Issue-4
DOIONLINE NO - IJASEAT-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-9649
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