The rhizotoxicity of metal cations is related to their strength of binding to hard ligands

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 268-277

  Kopittke, Peter M ^a   Menzies, Neal W ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Mckenna, Brigid A ^a   Wehr, J Bernhard ^a   Lombi, Enzo ^b   Kinraide, Thomas B ^c   Blamey, F Pax C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Mechanism of toxicity; Metal; Root growth; Symptom

Indexed keywords

BINDING; CARBOXYLATE LIGANDS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIMARY MECHANISM; ROOT GROWTH; SYMPTOM;

CARBOXYLATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POSITIVE IONS; TOXICITY;

LIGANDS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CESIUM; COPPER; LIGAND; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER; SODIUM; THALLIUM; ZINC; CATION; METAL;

ALUMINUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; INHIBITION; LIGAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTOXICITY; RHIZOME; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING STRENGTH; CELL ELONGATION; CELL WALL; CELL WALL RELAXATION; COWPEA; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZODERMIS; RHIZOTOXICITY; ROOT ELONGATION; RUPTURE; STRENGTH; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TOXICITY;

CATIONS; CELL WALL; LIGANDS; METALS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84892479520     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2435     Document Type: Article

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