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Biology and Biochemistry
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2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
103
Citations
45380
World Ranking
137
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

David E. Salt is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work is notably concentrated in Plant Science, with additional contributions to Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their research spans multiple key topics including:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism
  • Aluminum Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants and Animals
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations

David E. Salt has published extensively, with a selection of recent papers highlighting their focus on plant physiology and molecular biology. These include:

  • "Coordination between microbiota and root endodermis supports plant mineral nutrient homeostasis," 2020, Science
  • "Climate change challenges, plant science solutions," 2022, The Plant Cell
  • "Suberin plasticity to developmental and exogenous cues is regulated by a set of MYB transcription factors," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Two chemically distinct root lignin barriers control solute and water balance," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Physiological roles of Casparian strips and suberin in the transport of water and solutes," 2021, New Phytologist

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with David E. Salt include:

  • Paulina Flis
  • Guilhem Reyt
  • Gabriel Castrillo
  • Mary Lou Guerinot
  • Isai Salas-González

The primary publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • New Phytologist
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World

    Brian Walker;David Salt

  • Phytoremediation: A Novel Strategy for the Removal of Toxic Metals from the Environment Using Plants

    David E. Salt;Michael Blaylock;Nanda P.B.A. Kumar;Viatcheslav Dushenkov

  • Genome-wide association study of 107 phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana inbred lines

    Susanna Atwell;Yu S. Huang;Bjarni J. Vilhjálmsson;Glenda Willems

  • Enhanced Accumulation of Pb in Indian Mustard by Soil-Applied Chelating Agents

    Michael J. Blaylock;David E. Salt;Slavik Dushenkov;Olga Zakharova

  • Mechanisms of Cadmium Mobility and Accumulation in Indian Mustard

    D. E. Salt;R. C. Prince;I. J. Pickering;I. Raskin

  • Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis

    Pascal Mäser;Sébastien Thomine;Julian I. Schroeder;John M. Ward

  • PHYTOREMEDIATION OF METALS: USING PLANTS TO REMOVE POLLUTANTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT

    Ilya Raskin;Robert D Smith;David E Salt

  • Bioconcentration of heavy metals by plants

    Ilya Raskin;Pba Nanda Kumar;Slavik Dushenkov;David E Salt

  • Resilience Practice: Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function

    Brian Walker;David Salt

  • Selenium uptake, translocation, assimilation and metabolic fate in plants.

    Thomas G. Sors;Danielle R. Ellis;David Edward Salt

  • Reduction and Coordination of Arsenic in Indian Mustard

    Ingrid J. Pickering;Roger C. Prince;Martin J. George;Robert D. Smith

  • Increased glutathione biosynthesis plays a role in nickel tolerance in thlaspi nickel hyperaccumulators

    J.L. Freeman;M.W. Persans;K. Nieman;C. Albrecht

  • The Role of EDTA in Lead Transport and Accumulation by Indian Mustard

    Andrew D. Vassil;Yoram Kapulnik;Ilya Raskin;David E. Salt

  • Ionomics and the Study of the Plant Ionome

    David E. Salt;Ivan Baxter;Brett Lahner

  • Engineering tolerance and hyperaccumulation of arsenic in plants by combining arsenate reductase and gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase expression.

    Om Parkash Dhankher;Yujing Li;Barry P. Rosen;Jin Shi

  • The bHLH Transcription Factor POPEYE Regulates Response to Iron Deficiency in Arabidopsis Roots

    Terri A. Long;Hironaka Tsukagoshi;Wolfgang Busch;Brett Lahner

  • Plants, selenium and human health

    Danielle R Ellis;David E Salt

  • Subcellular localization and speciation of nickel in hyperaccumulator and non-accumulator Thlaspi species

    Ute Krämer;Ingrid J. Pickering;Roger C. Prince;Ilya Raskin

  • Adaptation of Root Function by Nutrient-Induced Plasticity of Endodermal Differentiation

    Marie Barberon;Joop Engelbertus Martinus Vermeer;Damien De Bellis;Peng Wang

  • Fire management for biodiversity conservation: Key research questions and our capacity to answer them

    Don A. Driscoll;David B. Lindenmayer;Andrew F. Bennett;Michael Bode

  • Zinc Ligands in the Metal Hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens As Determined Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    David E. Salt;Roger C. Prince;Alan J. M. Baker;Ilya Raskin

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett Lahner
Brett Lahner Purdue University West Lafayette
Ivan Baxter
Ivan Baxter Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Mary Lou Guerinot
Mary Lou Guerinot Dartmouth College
Ingrid J. Pickering
Ingrid J. Pickering University of Saskatchewan
Dai-Yin Chao
Dai-Yin Chao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ilya Raskin
Ilya Raskin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fang-Jie Zhao
Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University
Roger C. Prince
Roger C. Prince ExxonMobil (United States)
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Niko Geldner
Niko Geldner University of Lausanne

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