Transcriptional, physiological and cytological analysis validated the roles of some key genes linked Cd stress in Salix matsudana Koidz

Cadmium Effects on Mineral Accumulation and Selected Physiological and Biochemical Characters of Salix babylonica L.

“…This was in accordance with the findings of Dos Santos Utmazian and Wenzel [41], Yang and Chen [18], Wang et al [19], and Ling et al [39]. But its accumulating Cd ability was low when compared with Salix smithiana, Salix dasyclados, and Salix matsudana [14,19,39,41,43].…”

“…It has been reported that a few clones of willows have high heavy metal tolerance [13][14]41]. Plants growing on heavy metal-contaminated soils had to develop adaptation strategies requiring complex alterations in the plant metal homeostasis network, including metal uptake, chelation, transport, storage, biochemical detoxification, and tolerance [42].…”

“…The Salicaceae family with its genera Salix (willows) and Populus (poplars) comprises a large number of woody species and hybrids, of which many adapted to ecological niches such as nutrient-poor, dry, wet, or metalcontaminated environments [11][12][13][14]. Willows are known to have several characteristics that make them ideal plant species for phytoremediation application, including easy propagation and cultivation, large biomass, fast growth, deep root systems, a high transpiration rate, tolerance to hypoxic conditions, and high metal accumulation capability [15][16].…”

Cadmium’s Effect on the Organization of Microtubular Cytoskeleton in Root Tips Cells of Salix matsudana Koidz

“…Willow, a fast-growing woody plant developing an extensive root system and large biomass, has strong resistance to heavy metals and is not linked to the food chain [21][22][23]. It effectively absorbs heavy metal ions from polluted water or soil, and as a result it is widely cultivated and used for phytoremediation of heavy metalcontaminated land [24][25][26].…”

“…is a deciduous fast-growing tree native to China [2,27]. Some studies concerned with its physiological and biochemical responses under Cd stress were reported, indicating that a few clones of S. matsudana have high heavy metal tolerance [2,23,[28][29]. However, no studies on toxic effects of Cd on the microtubule organization in the root tips of S. matsudana have been reported.…”