Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants

Toxic levels of heavy metals are increasingly posing threats to all organisms on earth. One possible remediation strategy involves the use of plants to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils. It is widely recognized that genetic improvement of plants with increased metal tolerance and uptake ca...

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Main Authors:	Phang, Ing Chia, Taylor, H. Harry, Leong, David W. M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Research Trends 2012
Subjects:	Q Science (General)
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spelling	iium-353082014-02-17T03:32:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35308/ Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants Phang, Ing Chia Taylor, H. Harry Leong, David W. M. Q Science (General) Toxic levels of heavy metals are increasingly posing threats to all organisms on earth. One possible remediation strategy involves the use of plants to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils. It is widely recognized that genetic improvement of plants with increased metal tolerance and uptake capacity would be required to enhance the practical prospect of this phytotechnology. In this paper, a summary of the studies using chemical mutagenesis as a breeding approach to obtain mutants with altered response to toxic metals is presented and discussed briefly. It is concluded that chemical mutagenesis probably deserves more attention as it is a valuable alternative to transgenic plant technology as far as generating plants with improved potential for phytoremediation of heavy metals in contaminated soils or for studying mechanisms of metal tolerance and uptake is concerned. Research Trends 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35308/4/Phang_et_al_2012.pdf Phang, Ing Chia and Taylor, H. Harry and Leong, David W. M. (2012) Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants. Current Topics in Phytochemistry, 11. pp. 47-52. ISSN 0972-4796 http://www.researchtrends.net/tia/abstract.asp?in=0&vn=11&tid=24&aid=3819&pub=2012&type=3
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description	Toxic levels of heavy metals are increasingly posing threats to all organisms on earth. One possible remediation strategy involves the use of plants to remove toxic metals from contaminated soils. It is widely recognized that genetic improvement of plants with increased metal tolerance and uptake capacity would be required to enhance the practical prospect of this phytotechnology. In this paper, a summary of the studies using chemical mutagenesis as a breeding approach to obtain mutants with altered response to toxic metals is presented and discussed briefly. It is concluded that chemical mutagenesis probably deserves more attention as it is a valuable alternative to transgenic plant technology as far as generating plants with improved potential for phytoremediation of heavy metals in contaminated soils or for studying mechanisms of metal tolerance and uptake is concerned.
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author	Phang, Ing Chia Taylor, H. Harry Leong, David W. M.
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title	Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
title_short	Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
title_full	Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
title_fullStr	Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
title_full_unstemmed	Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
title_sort	chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants
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Chemical mutagenesis for improving potential of plants to remediate environments with heavy metal contaminants

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