Zhong Tang

TL;DR: Comparisons with other regions of the world show that the current status of soil contamination, based on the total contaminant concentrations, is not worse in China, however, the concentrations of some heavy metals in Chinese soils appear to be increasing at much greater rates.

TL;DR: Results indicate that pH sensing by the rice nitrate transporter OsNRT2.3b is important for plant adaption to varied N supply forms and can provide a target for improving NUE.

TL;DR: A vascular specific nitrate transporter belonging to the high-affinity Nitrate Transporter2 (NRT2) family is characterized and played a key role in long-distance nitrate transport from root to shoot at low nitrate supply level in rice.

TL;DR: It is concluded that OsHAC1;1 and OsHac1;2 are arsenate reductases that play an important role in restricting As accumulation in rice shoots and grain.

TL;DR: This study has identified a new loss-of-function allele of OsHMA3 in Japonica rice cultivars leading to high Cd accumulation in shoots and grain.