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Nutrients 2012, 4, 1120-1136; doi:10.3390/nu4081120 OPEN ACCESS nutrients ISSN 2072-6643 /journal/nutrients Review Plant Calcium Content: Ready to Remodel Jian Yang 1, Tracy Punshon 2, Mary Lou Guerinot 2 and Kendal D. Hirschi 1,3,* 1 United States Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; E-Mail: jiany@ 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA; E-Mails: tracy.punshon@ (T.P.); mary.lou.guerinot@ (M.L.G.) 3 Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Texas AM University, College Station, TX 77845, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kendalh@; Tel.: +1-713-798-7011; Fax: +1-713-798-7171. Received: 21 June 2012; in revised form: 12 July 2012 / Accepted: 31 July 2012 / Published: 21 August 2012 Abstract: By identifying the relationship between calcium location in the plant cell and nutrient bioavailability, the plant characteristics leading to maximal calcium absorption by humans can be identified. Knowledge of plant cellular and molecular targets controlling calcium location in plants is emerging. These insights should allow for better strategies for increasing the nutritional content of foods. In particular, the use of preparation-free elemental imaging technologies such as synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (SXRF) microscopy in plant biology may allow researchers to understand t