The role of gasotransmitters in the amelioration of arsenic toxicity in plants : biology and biotechnology /

The Role of Gasotransmitters In the Amelioration of Arsenic Toxicity in Plants: Biology and Biotechnology, in the Plant Gasotransmitter series, provides research on how gasotransmitters can reduce the stress faced by plants through arsenic contamination.

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Batista, Bruno Lemos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, 2023.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • The Role of Gasotransmitters In the Amelioration of Arsenic Toxicity in Plants
  • The Role of Gasotransmitters In the Amelioration of Arsenic Toxicity in Plants: BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • One
  • Gasotransmitters: concepts, applications, and advantages
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Carbon monoxide
  • 2.1 Carbon monoxide synthesis
  • 3. Hydrogen sulfide
  • 3.1 Definition and main characteristics
  • 3.2 Relationship of hydrogen sulfide and plant hormones
  • 3.3 Hydrogen sulfide as a stress reliever
  • 3.4 Hydrogen sulfide and stomata
  • 4. Nitric oxide
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Two
  • Arsenic in environment: historic, concepts, occurrence and problems
  • 1. Historic
  • 2. The king of poisons
  • 3. Arsenic in medicine
  • 4. Arsenic in industries and war
  • 5. Arsenic compounds in the environment
  • 6. Arsenic occurrence in the environment
  • 7. Arsenic exposure
  • References
  • Three
  • Effects of arsenic on plant genome and metabolome
  • 1. Arsenic and its effects on plants
  • 2. Arsenic and genetic modulation
  • 3. Arsenic effects on plant metabolomics
  • References
  • Four
  • Arsenic agronomical-related aspects and bioremediation
  • 1. Importance of arsenic mitigation in agricultural soils and water
  • 2. Strategies for arsenic bioremediation in soils and water
  • 2.1 Microbial remediation
  • 2.1.1 Bacteria
  • 2.1.2 Fungi
  • 2.2 Phytoremediation
  • 2.3 Phycoremediation
  • 2.4 Mixed methods of arsenic remediation
  • 3. Final considerations and future perspectives
  • References
  • Five
  • Uptake and translocation of arsenic in plants and role of gasotransmitters
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mechanisms of absorption, translocation, and detoxification of arsenic in plants
  • 3. Impact of gasotransmitters on decreasing the toxicity and mobility of arsenic.
  • 3.1 Thiol-related gasotransmitters H2S and H2Se
  • 3.2 The impact of NO on plant arsenic toxicity
  • 3.3 Other gasotransmitters CO, CH4, and H2
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Six
  • Benefits of the gasotransmitters in plants under arsenic stress: metabolism, anatomical aspects, growth, deve ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Objective
  • 2. Exogenous nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: mitigation of toxic effects of arsenic on photosynthetic, antioxidant and nutr ...
  • 3. Exogenous nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: mitigation of arsenic impacts on plant growth, germination and anatomical char ...
  • 4. Arsenic toxicity in plants and mitigating action of the gasotransmitters nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide: overview of phy ...
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Seven
  • Gene expression modulated by the gasotransmitters under arsenic stress
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gasotransmitters
  • 2.1 Methane (CH4)
  • 2.2 Hydrogen gas (H2)
  • 2.3 Carbon monoxide (CO)
  • 2.4 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
  • 2.5 Nitric oxide (NO)
  • 3. Gasotransmitters and gene expression
  • 3.1 Regulation of gene expression
  • 3.2 Gasotransmitters in signaling and regulation of gene expression
  • 3.3 Gasotransmitters in signaling and regulation of gene expression during arsenic stress
  • 4. Concluding remarks and future perspectives
  • References
  • Eight
  • Role of gasotransmitters on physiological responses altered by As in plants
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Arsenic and its impacts on living organisms
  • 2.1 Origin of arsenic
  • 2.2 Movement of arsenic within the food chain
  • 2.3 Impact of arsenic on human health
  • 2.4 Impact of arsenic on soil microorganisms
  • 2.5 Impact of arsenic on plants
  • 2.5.1 Impact of arsenic/heavy metals on the antioxidant system
  • 2.5.2 Effect of arsenic on nutrient uptake in plants
  • 3. Gasotransmitters in plants
  • 3.1 Gasotransmitter synthesis.
  • 3.2 Functions of nitric oxide
  • 3.3 Functions of hydrogen sulfide
  • 3.4 Functions of carbon monoxide
  • 3.5 Functions of methane
  • 3.6 Functions of hydrogen gas
  • 3.7 Functions of ethylene
  • 4. Interaction of gasotransmitters and arsenic in plant physiology
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Nine
  • Biochemical role of gasotransmitters on plant growth, development, biomass, and tolerance under As stress
  • 1. Arsenic stress in plants
  • 2. How do plants cope with arsenic stress?
  • 2.1 Nitric oxide: a key gasotransmitter in plant defense
  • 2.2 Hydrogen sulfide is a potent defense gasotransmitter in plants
  • 3. Cross talk between nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell defense against abiotic stress conditions
  • 4. Selected examples of nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide mitigating arsenic (or other metal/metalloid) toxicity in plants
  • 5. Final remarks
  • References
  • Ten
  • Role of H2S in antioxidant regulation of plants exposed to arsenic toxicity
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Biosynthesis and roles of hydrogen sulfide in plants
  • 2.1 Biosynthesis of hydrogen sulfide
  • 2.2 Hydrogen sulfide, a crucial player in plant growth and development
  • 3. Hydrogen sulfide modulates antioxidant system under heavy metal stress
  • 3.1 Enzyme antioxidant system
  • 3.2 Nonenzymatic antioxidant system
  • 4. Antioxidant regulation of hydrogen sulfide on arsenic stress
  • 4.1 Antioxidant enzyme
  • 4.2 Ascorbate-glutathione cycle
  • 5. Conclusions and future perspectives
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Eleven
  • Interactions of gasotransmitters and plant growth regulators: current knowledge and future perspectives
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Gasotransmitters and plant growth regulators interactions under abiotic stress
  • 2.1 Saline stress
  • 2.2 Water stress
  • 2.3 Heavy metals
  • 2.4 Other stresses
  • 3. Conclusions
  • References.
  • Twelve
  • Chemical and physical remediation to minimize As and other potentially toxic elements in edible plants
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Potentially toxic elements contamination of plants
  • 3. Remediation techniques for potentially toxic elements-contaminated soils
  • 3.1 Physical methods remediation
  • 3.2 Soil replacement
  • 3.3 Soil isolation
  • 3.4 Vitrification
  • 3.5 Chemical remediation
  • 3.6 Solidification/stabilization immobilization
  • 3.7 Chemical washing
  • 3.8 Electroremediation
  • 4. Arsenic
  • 4.1 Arsenic human toxicity
  • 4.2 Arsenic in plants
  • 4.3 Arsenic remediation by traditional physicochemical methods
  • 5. Other potentially toxic elements
  • 5.1 Chromium
  • 5.2 Copper
  • 5.3 Nickel
  • 5.4 Lead
  • 5.5 Zinc
  • References
  • Thirteen
  • Biotechnology approaches and new plant breeding techniques (NPBT) to alleviate the contamination by pote ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Arsenic uptake and stress signaling in rice
  • 3. Synthesis and signaling of gasottransmitters
  • 4. Biotechnology and molecular biology as a tool to alleviate the contamination by As and improve gasotransmitter activity and ...
  • 4.1 Identification of candidate genes
  • 4.2 Genetic mapping
  • 4.3 Analysis of transcriptional regulation of genes
  • 4.3.1 Microarray
  • 4.3.2 RNA-seq
  • 4.3.3 Quantitative reverse transcription Polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)
  • 4.3.4 Promoter analysis
  • 4.4 Comparative genomics
  • 4.5 Transgenesis
  • 4.6 Genome editing
  • 5. Concluding remarks
  • References
  • Fourteen
  • Crosstalk of gasotransmitters in inculcating stress tolerance in plants
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Arsenic: sources, types and phytotoxicity
  • 3. Gasotransmitters: types, biosynthesis and regulatory roles under arsenic and other heavy metal stress
  • 4. Gasotransmitters: roles in arsenic induced phytotoxicity tolerances.
  • 4.1 Role of nitric oxide in arsenic induced phytotoxicity tolerances
  • 4.2 Role of hydrogen sulfide in arsenic induced phytotoxicity tolerances
  • 4.3 Role of other gasotransmitters in arsenic induced phytotoxicity tolerances
  • 5. Gasotransmitters crosstalk during metal stress tolerances
  • 6. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover.