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Review
. 2022 Sep 16;11(18):2424.
doi: 10.3390/plants11182424.

Proteomic and Genomic Studies of Micronutrient Deficiency and Toxicity in Plants

Suchismita Prusty  1 , Ranjan Kumar Sahoo  1 , Subhendu Nayak  2 , Sowmya Poosapati  3 , Durga Madhab Swain  3
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Review

Proteomic and Genomic Studies of Micronutrient Deficiency and Toxicity in Plants

Suchismita Prusty et al. Plants (Basel). .

Abstract

Micronutrients are essential for plants. Their growth, productivity and reproduction are directly influenced by the supply of micronutrients. Currently, there are eight trace elements considered to be essential for higher plants: Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu, Ni, B, Mo, and Cl. Possibly, other essential elements could be discovered because of recent advances in nutrient solution culture techniques and in the commercial availability of highly sensitive analytical instrumentation for elemental analysis. Much remains to be learned about the physiology of micronutrient absorption, translocation and deposition in plants, and about the functions they perform in plant growth and development. With the recent advancements in the proteomic and molecular biology tools, researchers have attempted to explore and address some of these questions. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of micronutrients in plants and the proteomic/genomic approaches used to study plant nutrient deficiency and toxicity.

Keywords: genomics; micronutrients; nutrient deficiency; nutrient toxicity; proteomics.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Versatile role of micronutrients in plant’s growth and development.
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Micronutrients involved in the growth and development of different parts of the plant.
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Symptoms of micronutrient deficiencies in plants.
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Figure 4
An outline presenting the molecular and the biochemical mechanisms involved in micronutrient cytotoxicity in plants.
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