Yinbo Gan

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Abstract : Heavy metal toxicity generally refers to the negative impact on the environment, humans, and other living organisms caused by exposure to heavy metals (HMs). Heavy metal poisoning is the accumulation of HMs in the soft tissues of organisms in a toxic amount. HMs bind to certain cells and prevent organs from functioning. Symptoms of HM poisoning can be life-threatening and not only cause irreversible damage to humans and other organisms; but also significantly reduce agricultural yield.

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Yihua Liu 1,*,†, Shuaiqi Yang 2,†, Ali Raza Khan 2 and Yinbo Gan 2,* 1 College of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China 2 Zhejiang Key Lab of Crop Germplasm, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China * Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.