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Physiology and Molecular Biology of Trace Element Hyperaccumulation

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Agromining: Farming for Metals

Part of the book series: Mineral Resource Reviews ((MIRERE))

Abstract

Metals (trace elements) are essential for plants but become toxic at high concentration. Remarkably, about 700 species worldwide are able to accumulate large quantities of metals in their leaves and are therefore called metal hyperaccumulators. In the context of sustainable development, there is renewed interest in understanding the mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation that may become instrumental for improved metal phytoextraction from contaminated soils and for making metals available at lower environmental cost. In addition, studying the molecular mechanisms of hyperaccumulation in diverse plant species is necessary in order to understand the evolution of this extreme and complex adaptation trait in plants. Our current knowledge of metal hyperaccumulation is based mostly on the analysis of few species from the Brassicaceae family and suggests that the underlying mechanisms result from an exaggeration of the basic mechanisms involved in metal homeostasis. However, the development of Next Generation Sequencing technologies enables the study of new hyperaccumulator species and therefore the revealing of greater diversity in these mechanisms. The goal of this chapter is to provide background information on metal hyperaccumulation and give an instantaneous picture of what is currently known about the molecular mechanisms involved in this trait. We also attempt to outline for the reader the future scientific challenges that this field of research is facing.

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We thank colleagues in our laboratories for critical reading of the manuscript. The research of SM and VSGT was supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR-13-ADAP-0004) and by CNRS (Defi Enviromics and Defi X-Life). Funding to MH is from the ‘Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique–FNRS’ (PDR-T.0206.13, MIS-F.4511.16, CDR J.0009.17, PDR-T0120.18) and the University of Liège (SFRD-12/03, ARC GreenMagic). MH is a Senior Research Associate of the FNRS.

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Merlot, S., Garcia de la Torre, V.S., Hanikenne, M. (2021). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Trace Element Hyperaccumulation. In: van der Ent, A., Baker, A.J., Echevarria, G., Simonnot, MO., Morel, J.L. (eds) Agromining: Farming for Metals. Mineral Resource Reviews. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58904-2_8

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