[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal contamination in agricultural soil: environmental pollutants affecting crop health

A Rashid, BJ Schutte, A Ulery, MK Deyholos, S Sanogo… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals and metalloids (HMs) are environmental pollutants, most notably cadmium,
lead, arsenic, mercury, and chromium. When HMs accumulate to toxic levels in agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Cadmium toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation strategies

FU Haider, C Liqun, JA Coulter, SA Cheema… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) is an unessential trace element in plants that is ubiquitous in the
environment. Anthropogenic activities such as disposal of urban refuse, smelting, mining …

Heavy metal and metalloid toxicity in horticultural plants: Tolerance mechanism and remediation strategies

I Noor, H Sohail, J Sun, MA Nawaz, G Li… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Heavy metal/metalloids (HMs) are among the primary soil pollutants that limit crop
production worldwide. Plants grown in HM contaminated soils exhibit reduced growth and …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) induce salt tolerance by improving the antioxidant system and photosynthetic machinery in tomato

M Faizan, JA Bhat, C Chen, MN Alyemeni… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) has been demonstrated to positively regulate
plant tolerance to multiple environmental stresses. However, till date little information has …

[HTML][HTML] Metal and metalloid toxicity in plants: An overview on molecular aspects

PI Angulo-Bejarano, J Puente-Rivera, R Cruz-Ortega - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Worldwide, the effects of metal and metalloid toxicity are increasing, mainly due to
anthropogenic causes. Soil contamination ranks among the most important factors, since it …

Secondary metabolites in the drought stress tolerance of crop plants: A review

B Yadav, A Jogawat, MS Rahman, OP Narayan - Gene Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Plants encounter various abiotic stresses under field conditions. Among them, drought stress
adversely affects crop productivity and threatens global food security. Drought stress triggers …

Biosynthesis and metabolic actions of simple phenolic acids in plants

R Marchiosi, WD dos Santos, RP Constantin… - Phytochemistry …, 2020 - Springer
The diversity of secondary compounds in the plant kingdom is huge. About 200,000
compounds are known, which are grouped into amines, non-protein amino acids, peptides …

[HTML][HTML] Phytohormones: Key players in the modulation of heavy metal stress tolerance in plants

S Saini, N Kaur, PK Pati - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal (HM) stress in plants has received considerable global attention as it threatens
sustainable growth in agriculture worldwide. Hence, desperate efforts have been …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal accumulation in rice and aquatic plants used as human food: A general review

MM Uddin, MCM Zakeel, JS Zavahir, FMMT Marikar… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aquatic ecosystems are contaminated with heavy metals by natural and anthropogenic
sources. Whilst some heavy metals are necessary for plants as micronutrients, others can be …

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 …