Molecular Mechanism of Tolerance of Cadmium Toxicity in Plants

Environmental pollution is among most dangerous challenges for the wellbeing of organisms. Due to anthropological and agricultural practices, heavy metals are typically present in soil or are transferred into the environment. Cadmium-polluted soil emphasizes two key points: first, they affect the plant’s life cycle by reducing crop yields, and second, they are absorbed as well as accumulated in plant tissues and ultimately enter inside the food chain to harm animals as well as humans. The major goal of plant biotechnology studies is to know how plants deal with cadmium toxicity and the aim of plant breeders is to generate plants that can withstand cadmium exposure.