Role of melatonin in plant tolerance to soil stressors: salinity, pH and heavy metals

M Moustafa-Farag, A Elkelish, M Dafea, M Khan… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Melatonin (MT) is a pleiotropic molecule with diverse and numerous actions both in plants
and animals. In plants, MT acts as an excellent promotor of tolerance against abiotic stress …

Diversity of amoA and pmoA Genes in Extremely Saline Alkaline Soils of the Former Lake Texcoco

V Pérez-Hernández, M Hernández-Guzmán… - Geomicrobiology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and aerobic methane oxidizing-bacteria (MOB) were
studied in three extreme soils of the former Lake Texcoco, Mexico, with pH ranging from 8.5 …

Trace elements in soils developed from metamorphic ultrabasic rocks in Minas Gerais, Brazil

EF Vilela, LRG Guilherme, CA Silva, YL Zinn - Geoderma Regional, 2020 - Elsevier
Metamorphic ultrabasic rocks are typically enriched in heavy trace elements, mostly
contained within easily-weatherable silicate minerals such as talc and serpentine. In the …