The soil pH and heavy metals revealed their impact on soil microbial community

M Naz, Z Dai, S Hussain, M Tariq, S Danish… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil microbial community is the main indicator having a crucial role in the remediation of
polluted soils. These microbes can alter soil pH, organic matter in soils (SOM), soil physic …

Heavy metals and arsenic stress in food crops: Elucidating antioxidative defense mechanisms in hyperaccumulators for food security, agricultural sustainability, and …

PK Rai, C Sonne, KH Kim - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of heavy metal (loid) s at soil-food crop interfaces has become a threat to
sustainable agricultural productivity, food security, and human health. The eco-toxic effects …

Nanoparticles: the plant saviour under abiotic stresses

MF Khalid, R Iqbal Khan, MZ Jawaid, W Shafqat… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change significantly affects plant growth and productivity by causing different biotic
and abiotic stresses to plants. Among the different abiotic stresses, at the top of the list are …

Phytochelatins: Sulfur-containing metal (loid)-chelating ligands in plants

IV Seregin, AD Kozhevnikova - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phytochelatins (PCs) are small cysteine-rich peptides capable of binding metal (loid) s via
SH-groups. Although the biosynthesis of PCs can be induced in vivo by various metal (loid) …

Biochar loaded with bacteria enhanced Cd/Zn phytoextraction by facilitating plant growth and shaping rhizospheric microbial community

A Shi, Y Hu, X Zhang, D Zhou, J Xu, C Rensing… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar and metal-tolerant bacteria have been widely used in the remediation of heavy
metal contaminated soil. However, the synergistic effect of biochar-functional microbes on …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced tolerance to chromium stress in plants

GJ Ahammed, R Shamsy, A Liu, S Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is one of the toxic elements that harms all forms of life, including plants.
Industrial discharges and mining largely contribute to Cr release into the soil environment …

Responses of microbial communities and metabolic profiles to the rhizosphere of Tamarix ramosissima in soils contaminated by multiple heavy metals

F Qian, X Huang, X Su, Y Bao - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination around smelters poses serious stress to soil microbiome.
However, the co-effect of multiple HMs and native vegetation rhizosphere on the soil …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic heavy metals: A bibliographic review of risk assessment, toxicity, and phytoremediation technology

S Naveed, PO Oladoye, YA Alli - Sustainable Chemistry for the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of soil is becoming a life-threatening issue causing serious
threat to our ecosystem. These metals reduce the potency of soil and affect the entire …

CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated genetically edited ornamental and aromatic plants: A promising technology in phytoremediation of heavy metals

S Nayeri, Z Dehghanian, BA Lajayer… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation, as a green, sustainable, and cost-effective plant-based remediation
technology has garnered great attention for remediating heavy metals (HMs) from polluted …

“Killing two birds with one stone”: A fluorescent hybrid nanoparticle modified with BODIPY for efficiently detection and removal of toxic Cu (II) ion from aqueous …

A Bilgic, A Cimen, AN Kursunlu - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we successfully synthesized a fluorescent hybrid material (f-Silica gel) for the
removal and recognition of cations. A Bodipy derivative was used as a source of fluorescent …