Efficacy of metallic nanoparticles in attenuating the accumulation and toxicity of chromium in plants: current knowledge and future perspectives

Z Ulhassan, I Khan, M Hussain, AR Khan, Y Hamid… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as cutting-edge technology for the improvement of crops yield
and safe cultivation of agricultural plants, especially in peripheral areas impaired with toxic …

Toxic effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on plants: A global meta-analysis

C Wang, Q Luo, J Zhang, X Zhang, N Yang… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) pervade and accumulate within the
soil, exerting influences not only on plant growth and development but also on human health …

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Interplay With Physiological and Biochemical Attributes in Terminal Heat Stress Alleviation in Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.)

HA Kareem, MF Saleem, S Saleem… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Gradually rising atmospheric temperature is the vital component of the environment, which is
anticipated as the riskiest abiotic stress for crop growth. Nanotechnology revolutionizing the …

Calcium oxide nanoparticles have the role of alleviating arsenic toxicity of barley

MM Nazir, Q Li, M Noman, Z Ulhassan, S Ali… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As) contamination in agricultural soils has become a great threat to the sustainable
development of agriculture and food safety. Although a lot of approaches have been …

Melatonin-mediated resistance to copper oxide nanoparticles-induced toxicity by regulating the photosynthetic apparatus, cellular damages and antioxidant defense …

AR Khan, X Fan, A Salam, W Azhar, Z Ulhassan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pollution of nanoparticles (NPs) has linked with severe negative effects on crop
productivity. Thus, effective strategies are needed to mitigate the phytotoxicity of NPs. The …

Seed priming with Calcium oxide nanoparticles improves germination, biomass, antioxidant defence and yield traits of canola plants under drought stress

MW Mazhar, M Ishtiaq, M Maqbool, R Akram - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in calcium signalling have proved that calcium plays a key role in
mitigating abiotic stresses and strengthening the internal defence of plants. In the present …

Climate change impact on wheat and maize growth in Ethiopia: A multi-model uncertainty analysis

FM Rettie, S Gayler, T KD Weber, K Tesfaye, T Streck - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Ethiopia's economy is dominated by agriculture which is mainly rain-fed and subsistence.
Climate change is expected to have an adverse impact particularly on crop production …

Seed priming with nitric oxide and/or spermine mitigate the chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings by improving the carbon-assimilation and minimising the …

F Basit, Z Ulhassan, Q Mou, MM Nazir, J Hu… - Functional Plant …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Chromium (Cr) is a serious environmental contaminant that drastically limited the crop
yields. Nitric oxide (NO) and spermine (Spm) portrayal significance in improving the plant …

Engineered hypermutation adapts cyanobacterial photosynthesis to combined high light and high temperature stress

H Sun, G Luan, Y Ma, W Lou, R Chen, D Feng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthesis can be impaired by combined high light and high temperature (HLHT)
stress. Obtaining HLHT tolerant photoautotrophs is laborious and time-consuming, and in …

Low temperature tolerance is impaired by polystyrene nanoplastics accumulated in cells of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) plants

Z Wang, S Li, S Jian, F Ye, T Wang, L Gong… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
With increasing plastic consumption, the large amount of polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs)
in agricultural soil may not only directly affect the plant growth, but also indirectly affect the …