This video features a newly discovered application for NMT: cadmium screening in celery! Heavy metals like cadmium can pollute the soil and accumulate in crops, leading to health problems in consumers. In 2018, Xu Rui-shen et al. successfully used NMT to screen for cadmium accumulation in celery roots, helping to determine which varieties took up the least amount of cadmium. The dynamic patterns of Cd2+ flux in the celery roots provided these scientists with valuable insight into cadmium accumulation in different plant varieties. This kind of data could also revolutionize further research into the detailed mechanisms of cadmium uptake and stress!
Reference:
Xu Rui-shen et al. Effects of cadmium stress on growth, cadmium accumulation and root cadmium ion fluxes in different varieties of celery. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers. 2018.
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