Physiological and Transcriptomic Comparison of Two Sunflower ( L.) Cultivars With High/Low Cadmium Accumulation.

The toxic heavy metal cadmium (Cd) is easily absorbed and accumulated in crops and affects human health through the food chains. Sunflower ( L.) is a globally important oil crop.

New SFT2-like Vesicle Transport Protein (SFT2L) Enhances Cadmium Tolerance and Reduces Cadmium Accumulation in Common Wheat Grains.

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic heavy metal elements to the environment, which seriously threatens the safe production of food crops. In this study, we identified a novel function of the cytomembrane TaSFT2L protein in wheat (). Expression of the gene in yeast showed no transport activities for Cd, which could explain the role of in metal tolerance.