Many chemicals are critical for plant growth and development and play an important role in
integrating various stress signals and controlling downstream stress responses by …

Heavy metals are an interesting group of trace elements (TEs). Some of them are minutely
required for normal plant growth and development, while others have unknown biological …

Modulation of plant proteome composition is an inevitable process to cope with the
environmental challenges including heavy metal (HM) stress. Soil and water contaminated …

Plants take up a wide range of trace metals/metalloids (hereinafter referred to as trace
metals) from the soil, some of which are essential but become toxic at high concentrations …

Worldwide, the effects of metal and metalloid toxicity are increasing, mainly due to
anthropogenic causes. Soil contamination ranks among the most important factors, since it …

Farmers have used metal compounds in phytosanitary treatments for more than a century;
however, it has recently been suggested that plants absorb high concentrations of metals …

Heavy metal (HM) stress in plants has received considerable global attention as it threatens
sustainable growth in agriculture worldwide. Hence, desperate efforts have been …

Heavy metal contamination of soil, aqueous waste stream and ground water causes major
environmental and human health problems. Heavy metals are major environmental …

Plants are continuously exposed to abiotic environmental pressures. One of principal abiotic
stress factors is heavy metal (HM), which as edaphic contaminants is noteworthy …

In recent years, heavy metals-induced soil pollution has increased due to the widespread
usage of chromium (Cr) in chemical industries. The release of Cr into the environment has …