Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils: phytoremediation as a potentially promising clean-up technology

APGC Marques, AOSS Rangel… - Critical Reviews in …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Increased soil pollution with heavy metals due to various human and natural activities has
led to a growing need to address environmental contamination. Some remediation …

AMF-induced tolerance to drought stress in citrus: a review

QS Wu, AK Srivastava, YN Zou - Scientia Horticulturae, 2013 - Elsevier
Citrus is one of the most widely cultivated fruit crops, whose rhizosphere inhabits a class of
beneficial fungi, popularly known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Different species of …

Recent findings on the phytoremediation of soils contaminated with environmentally toxic heavy metals and metalloids such as zinc, cadmium, lead, and arsenic

I Alkorta, J Hernández-Allica, JM Becerril… - Reviews in …, 2004 - Springer
Due to their immutable nature, metals are a group of pollutants of much concern. As a result
of human activities such as mining and smelting of metalliferous ores, electroplating, gas …

Mycorrhizas and tropical soil fertility

IM Cardoso, TW Kuyper - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2006 - Elsevier
Major factors that constrain tropical soil fertility and sustainable agriculture are low nutrient
capital, moisture stress, erosion, high P fixation, high acidity with aluminium toxicity, and low …

The opening of Pandora's Box: climate change impacts on soil fertility and crop nutrition in developing countries

SB St. Clair, JP Lynch - Plant and Soil, 2010 - Springer
Feeding the world's growing population is a serious challenge. Food insecurity is
concentrated in developing nations, where drought and low soil fertility are primary …

Dual inoculations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria boost drought resistance and essential oil yield of common myrtle

S Azizi, MT Kouchaksaraei, J Hadian… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are
increasingly being used to enhance crop abiotic stress resistance. Common myrtle is an …

Native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve growth, biomass yield, and phosphorus nutrition of sorghum in saline and sodic soils of the semi–arid region

P Chandra, A Singh, K Prajapat, AK Rai… - … and Experimental Botany, 2022 - Elsevier
Exploiting symbiotic plant-microbe interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)
adapted to hostile soil can be a promising approach for enhancing crop productivity and …

Alleviation of drought stress on rose geranium [Pelargonium graveolens (L.) Herit.] in terms of antioxidant activity and secondary metabolites by mycorrhizal …

R Amiri, A Nikbakht, N Etemadi - Scientia Horticulturae, 2015 - Elsevier
Drought stress is a major problem that suppresses the growth and yield of plants. Certain
microorganisms, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), can improve plant resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Potential effects of microplastic on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

EF Leifheit, A Lehmann, MC Rillig - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitously found in terrestrial ecosystems and are increasingly
recognized as a factor of global change (GCF). Current research shows that MP can alter …

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on photosynthesis and water status of maize under high temperature stress

XC Zhu, FB Song, SQ Liu, TD Liu - Plant and soil, 2011 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)
symbiosis on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, pigment concentration and water …