Cheng Zhu

Cadmium Exposure Modulates Quality of the Medicinal Plant Dendrobium officinale via Regulation of Gene Expression, Antioxidant Systems, Bioactive Compound Accumulation, and Rhizosphere Microbial Community

With increasing industrialization, heavy metal contamination poses a growing threat to ecosystem stability and human health. Cadmium (Cd) is taken up by medicinal plants through the soil–plant continuum, altering rhizosphere microbial communities and thereby affecting plant metabolism and bioactive compound accumulatio...