Environmental changes are inevitable with time, but their intensification and diversification,
occurring in the last several decades due to the combination of both natural and human …

The abrupt release of heavy metals (HM) within environment by anthropogenic sources
affect the living populations. Plants face many intricacies to survive under such conditions …

Sugar beet is a crop with high sucrose content, known for sugar production and recently
being considered as an emerging raw material for bioethanol production. This crop is also …

Agricultural soil pollution with potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs) has emerged as a
significant environmental concern, jeopardizing food safety and human health. Although …

Cd pollution is a global environmental problem. However, the response mechanism of the
alpine plant Pelagia under Cd stress remains unclear. Therefore, in this study, a native plant …

Heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) could be dangerous and pollute the
environment due to their high migration ability, robust bioavailability, and acute toxicity to …

Heavy metal-associated isoprenylated plant proteins (HIPPs) are a metallochaperone-like
protein family comprising a combination of structural features unique to vascular plants …

Phytotoxicity of trace elements (commonly misunderstood as 'heavy metals') includes
impairment of functional groups of enzymes, photo-assembly, redox homeostasis, and …

Heavy metal pollution is a gradually growing environmental issue that hinders the growth
and development of plants, and also destabilizes soil. Consequently, eco-friendly …

Introduction: Sugar beets are an important crop for global sugar production. Intense drought
and the increasing lack of water resources pose a great threat to sugar beet cultivation. It is a …