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Assessing Cytotoxicity of Metabolites of Typical Triazole Pesticides in Plants
Published on: December 22, 2023
Molecular ecotoxicology of plants
1GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764, Neuherberg, Germany. sandermann@gsf.de
Abstract:
Plant molecular exotoxicology investigates ecological implications of genetic and molecular responses to toxins, herbicides, pollutants and natural stress factors. Plant fitness is analysed by examining the relationships between plant genotype and ecological phenotype, enabling regulatory networks formed by second messenger molecules and transcriptional as well as post-transcriptional events to be elucidated. This general approach is illustrated here by specific case studies: detoxification by glucosyl transfer or binding to cell wall macromolecules; roles of the multifunctional formaldehyde dehydrogenase; and abiotic induction of plant immunity through reactive oxygen species. As a practical application of molecular ecotoxicology, the interaction of commercialized transgenic crop plants with potential environmental selection factors is discussed.
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