Journal of hazardous materials
Genotype-dependent fortification of rice nodes dictates cadmium fate in grains: A synergistic barrier forged from cell wall and amino acid chelation.
Weijian Wu, Qiao Ma, Linhan Chen, Jing Peng, Ning Xie, Feiyu Zheng, Xiaoyu Tan, Yang Yang, Si Luo, Qingru Zeng, Xiao Deng
Published: 202510.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140020
Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice grains is critical for food safety, and nodes function as the central hub regulating Cd translocation to grains. However, the mechanisms for nodal Cd retention and the physiological basis for genotypic variation in t…
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