Description
Many trace metals (TMs) (e.g. Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn) are essential for organisms as active centres of enzymes, as about one third of all proteins are metalloproteins. Therefore, TM homeostasis in plants is at the core of many challenges currently facing agriculture and human societies. Low TM bioavailability in many soil types of large world areas causes a reduction in crop production and diminishes nutritional value of food. Some essential TMs (e.g. Cu) have narrow beneficial concentration ranges, while others (e.g. Cd, Hg) are usually only toxic, and in many areas of the world metal toxicity is a severe agricultural and environmental problem. For environmental risk assessment and remediation, as well as improved agriculture (targeted fertilisation and breeding), the mechanisms of TM uptake, distribution, speciation, physiological use, deficiency, toxicity and detoxification need to be better understood. This Action aims at elucidating them by the combined expertise of researchers (physiologists, (bio)physicists, (bio)(geo)chemists, molecular geneticists, ecologists, agronomists and soil scientists). It furthermore aims at making this knowledge applicable to the needs of farmers and consumers, with input from companies for translating laboratory results into applied products. This shall be done by integrated scientific, communication and dissemination activities, pooling together our research efforts. Regular meetings within and between the workgroups of this COST Action, training workshops for young scientists, as well as by technology transfer meetings will be organised in cooperation with the partner companies within the Action, as well as producers and merchants of micronutrient fertilisers.
Action keywords
trace metal uptake and distribution - transition metal speciation - trace metal deficiency and trace metal uptake efficiency - trace metal toxicity and detoxification - metalloenzymes and metal metabolism
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Albania | |
Austria | |
Belgium | |
Belgium | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bulgaria | |
Bulgaria | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
France | |
France | |
Germany | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Israel | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Lithuania | |
Lithuania | |
Luxembourg | |
Malta | |
Moldova | |
Netherlands | |
Netherlands | |
North Macedonia | |
North Macedonia | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Serbia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovakia | |
Slovenia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
Grant Awarding Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader | |
WG6 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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Deputy grant awarding coordinator | |
Deputy leader of WG1 | |
Deputy leader of WG2 | |
Deputy leader of WG3 | |
Deputy leader of WG4 | |
Deputy leader of WG5 | |
Deputy leader of WG6 | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
Grant selection committee | |
ITC CG Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Pathways of trace metals from the soil and through the plant. | |
2 | Metalloproteins important for trace metal homeostasis, metalloenzymes | |
3 | Responses of trace metal metabolism to the environment: deficiency, toxicity, microorganism interactions | |
4 | Agronomic aspects of trace metal homeostasis: targeted fertilisation, agricultural management, breeding | |
5 | Dissemination and proposal writing | |
6 | Intellectual property protection |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Greece | |
WG 1 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Belgium | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Kosovo* | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | ||
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Austria | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Poland | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Azerbaijan | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Czechia | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Romania | |
WG 1 | Denmark | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Denmark | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Lithuania | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Malta | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Israel | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1 | Greece | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Austria | |
WG 1, WG 4 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Romania | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 5 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 5 | Norway | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Slovenia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Czechia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Belgium | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Germany | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Portugal | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 6 | Netherlands | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 6 | Estonia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Belgium | |
WG 1 | United Kingdom | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Norway | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Albania | |
WG 1 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5 | India | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 2 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5, WG 6 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | France | |
WG 1, WG 2, WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 1 | ||
WG 1, WG 3 | France | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4, WG 5 | Romania | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Albania | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 1, WG 3, WG 4 | Portugal | |
WG 1 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Serbia | |
WG 1, WG 3 | Slovakia | |
WG 1, WG 4 | Türkiye | |
WG 1, WG 3 | ||
WG 1, WG 4, WG 5 | France | |