potential concerns regarding soil and water pollution with microplastics and multiple rare heavy metals (HMs) used in NPPs
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microplastic-guided rare heavy metal toxicity in crops
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Plant growth regulators including abscisic acid, gibberellic acid, and nitric oxide have been found to synchronize stress-adaptive signaling in crops under this stress context.
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Plant growth regulators like abscisic acid, gibberellic acid, and nitric oxide have been found to synchronize the stress-adaptive signaling in crops, although the sensitive genotypes ultimately succumb to oxidative injuries.
After root uptake, the toxicants are translocated to aerial biomass and reproductive or storage organs through symplastic or apoplastic routes.
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The toxicants are then translocated to aerial biomass and reproductive or storage organs via the symplastic or apoplastic routes.
Microplastics increase the phyto-availability of rare heavy metals, which mimic micronutrient elements and are transported into root cells via metal transporter systems.
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Microplastics increase the phyto-availability of the HMs, which mimic micronutrient elements and are actively transported into root cells via calcium, iron, zinc, copper, or other HM transporters.
Rare heavy metals used in nuclear power plant contexts can adsorb to microplastic surfaces and jointly pollute nearby cultivable land and irrigation water.
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When expunged as nuclear waste discharges, these rare HMs adsorb to the surface of microplastics and together pollute the adjacent cultivable lands and water sources used for irrigation.