ReviewFrontiers in plant science2017
Aluminum, a Friend or Foe of Higher Plants in Acid Soils.
Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 506 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-Analysis of Iron Excess Stress in Rice: Genes and Mechanisms of Tolerance to Acidic Soil.Physiologia plantarumPooled it
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- Bryophytes as Strong Aluminum Accumulators in Acidic Soils: Cell-Wall Binding and Physiological Tolerance Mechanisms.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Human Milk as a Biomonitor of Toxic Metal Exposure: Sources, Transfer Mechanisms, and Implications for Infant Health-A Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Melatonin Enhances Crop Tolerance to Aluminum Toxicity in Acid Soils: A Comprehensive Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Phytotoxicity and metal mobility in soils contaminated with mine tailings.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2026Article
- Experimental dissolution of road dust in simulated environmental and biological fluids.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Root system architecture profiling for aluminium tolerance in maize seedlings using an optimized high-throughput phenotyping.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi regulate mineral element distribution in grapevines under pH stress.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Untargeted LC-QToF-MS profiling of the soybean (Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Integrative methylome and transcriptome analysis reveals genotype and sequence context-specific responses to aluminum stress in rice.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Integrated Soil Amendments Alleviate Subsoil Acidification and Enhance Ponkan Seedling Growth in a Column Experiment.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Aluminum in native plants from the Campo Rupestre: Investigating accumulation sites and detoxification mechanisms in Melastomataceae.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2025Article
- Stimulatory Effect of Aluminum in Root Development ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Aluminum: an essential element for the growth and development of Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K. Schum (Rubiaceae).Planta · 2025Article
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- Early Seedling Screening Reveals Unidentified Al Resistance Mechanisms in Lithuanian Barley Cultivars.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The key metabolic pathway of roots and leaves responses in Arachis hypogaea under Al toxicity stress.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aluminum (Al) is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust, but its availability depends on soil pH. Despite this abundance, Al is not considered an essential element and so far no experimental evidence has been put forward for a biological role. In plants and other organisms, Al can have a beneficial or toxic effect, depending on factors such as, metal concentration, the chemical form of Al, growth conditions and plant species. Here we review recent advances in the study of Al in plants at physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, focusing mainly on the beneficial effect of Al in plants (stimulation of root growth, increased nutrient uptake, the increase in enzyme activity, and others). In addition, we discuss the possible mechanisms involved in improving the growth of plants cultivated in soils with acid pH, as well as mechanisms of tolerance to the toxic effect of Al.
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