Maize adaptation to low-dose nanoplastic-lead co-contamination: Foliar metabolic reprogramming and phyllospheric

Qian Fu1, Jin-Sheng Shi1, Jin-Long Lai1

  • 1Engineering Research Center of Biomass Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences and Agri-forestry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan 621010, PR China.

NanoImpact
|December 20, 2025
PubMed
まとめ

低用量のナノプラスチック(NP)と鉛(Pb)の共暴露は、トウモロコシの葉の代謝と葉圏微生物群集の構造を変化させた。植物は代謝フラックスをシフトさせ、ストレス応答経路を活性化させることで適応を示し、これらの新興汚染物質に対する耐性を示唆した。

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