The non-essential metalloid arsenic (As) is widely distributed in soil and underground water
of many countries. Arsenic contamination is a concern because it creates threat to food …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

BACKGROUND Salinity is a major stress threatening crop production in dry lands. A 2‐year
field experiment was conducted to assess the potential of a biochar product to alleviate salt …

Heavy metals are toxic substances released into the environment, contributing to a variety of
toxic effects on living organisms in food chain by accumulation and biomagnifications …

Arsenic toxicity has become a global concern owing to the ever-increasing contamination of
water, soil and crops in many regions of the world. To limit the detrimental impact of arsenic …

The presence of arsenic (As) in the metal-contaminated soils is toxic for the crops causing
their impaired growth and development. Selenium (Se) is also likely to be present along with …

Arsenic contamination in water has posed severe health problems around the world. In spite
of the availability of some conventional techniques for arsenic removal from contaminated …

An investigation was carried out to examine the combined and individual effects of cadmium
(Cd) and arsenic (As) stress on osmolyte accumulation, antioxidant activities, and reactive …

Most of the agricultural soils around the world are contaminated with heavy metals like
cadmium, arsenic, mercury, lead, chromium, and many more. High concentration of heavy …

The effects of arsenite treatment on generation of reactive oxygen species, induction of
oxidative stress, response of antioxidative system, and synthesis of phytochelatins were …