ArticleMycorrhiza2019
Rhizophagus irregularis modulates cadmium uptake, metal transporter, and chelator gene expression in Medicago sativa.
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- Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Assisted Phytoremediation: A Promising Strategy for Cadmium-Contaminated Soils.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of SlNRAMP Genes in Tomato under Nutrient Deficiency and Cadmium Stress during Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Synergistic interactions of assorted ameliorating agents to enhance the potential of heavy metal phytoremediation.Stress biology · 2024Review
- Safe Production Strategies for Soil-Covered Cultivation of Morel in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Rhizophagus irregularis improves Hg tolerance of Medicago truncatula by upregulating the Zn transporter genes ZIP2 and ZIP6.Mycorrhiza · 2023Article
- Editorial: New insights into the influences of soil nutrients on plant-fungal symbiosis in agro- and forest ecosystems.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
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- Influence of mycorrhiza and fly ash on the survival, growth and heavy metal accumulation in three Acacia species grown in Cu-Ni mine soil.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are considered a potential biotechnological tool for mitigating heavy metal (HM) toxicity. A greenhouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the impacts of the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis on cadmium (Cd) uptake, mycorrhizal colonization, and some plant growth parameters of Medicago sativa (alfalfa) in Cd-polluted soils. In addition, expression of two metal chelators (MsPCS1 (phytochelatin synthase) and MsMT2 (metallothionein)) and two metal transporter genes (MsIRT1 and MsNramp1) was analyzed using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Cd addition had a significant negative effect on mycorrhizal colonization. However, AMF symbiosis promoted the accumulation of biomass under both stressed and unstressed conditions compared with non-mycorrhizal (NM) plants. Results also showed that inoculation with R. irregularis significantly reduced shoot Cd concentration in polluted soils. Transcripts abundance of MsPCS1, MsMT2, MsIRT1, and MsNRAMP1 genes were downregulated compared with NM plants indicating that metal sequestration within hyphal fungi probably made Cd concentration insufficient in root cells for induction of these genes. These results suggest that reduction of shoot Cd concentration in M. sativa colonized by R. irregularis could be a promising strategy for safe production of this plant in Cd-polluted soils.
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