Arsenic uptake, toxicity, detoxification, and speciation in plants: physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects

G Abbas, B Murtaza, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental contamination with arsenic (As) is a global environmental, agricultural and
health issue due to the highly toxic and carcinogenic nature of As. Exposure of plants to As …

Glutathione S-transferases: role in combating abiotic stresses including arsenic detoxification in plants

S Kumar, PK Trivedi - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Arsenic (As), naturally occurring metalloid and a potential hazardous material, is found in
low concentrations in the environment and emerges from natural sources and …

Salicylic acid-induced nitric oxide enhances arsenic toxicity tolerance in maize plants by upregulating the ascorbate-glutathione cycle and glyoxalase system

C Kaya, M Ashraf, MN Alyemeni, FJ Corpas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The role of nitric oxide (NO) in salicylic acid (SA)-induced tolerance to arsenic (As) stress in
maize plants is not reported in the literature. Before starting As stress (AsS) treatments, SA …

Arsenic speciation and biotransformation pathways in the aquatic ecosystem: The significance of algae

MM Hussain, J Wang, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The contamination of aquatic systems with arsenic (As) is considered to be an internationally-
important health and environmental issue, affecting over 115 countries globally. Arsenic …

Importance of mineral nutrition for mitigating aluminum toxicity in plants on acidic soils: current status and opportunities

MA Rahman, SH Lee, HC Ji, AH Kabir… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Aluminum (Al) toxicity is one of the major limitations that inhibit plant growth and
development in acidic soils. In acidic soils (pH< 5.0), phototoxic-aluminum (Al3+) rapidly …

Arsenic biogeochemical cycling in paddy soil-rice system: Interaction with various factors, amendments and mineral nutrients

MM Hussain, I Bibi, NK Niazi, M Shahid, J Iqbal… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) contamination is a well-recognized environmental and health issue, threatening
over 200 million people worldwide with the prime cases in South and Southeast Asian and …

Arsenic acquisition, toxicity and tolerance in plants-From physiology to remediation: A review

AS Bali, GPS Sidhu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, environmental contamination by potentially noxious metalloids like arsenic is
becoming a critical concern to the living organisms. Arsenic is a non-essential metalloid for …

Arsenic in groundwater of West Bengal, India: a review of human health risks and assessment of possible intervention options

S Bhowmick, S Pramanik, P Singh, P Mondal… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reviews how active research in West Bengal has unmasked the endemic
arsenism that has detrimental effects on the health of millions of people and their offspring. It …

Heavy metal stress in rice: Uptake, transport, signaling, and tolerance mechanisms

R Kaur, S Das, S Bansal, G Singh, S Sardar… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal contamination of agricultural fields has become a global concern as it causes a
direct impact on human health. Rice is the major food crop for almost half of the world …

Nanoscale Sulfur Improves Plant Growth and Reduces Arsenic Toxicity and Accumulation in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

AG Meselhy, S Sharma, Z Guo, G Singh… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Rice is known to accumulate arsenic (As) in its grains, posing serious health concerns for
billions of people globally. We studied the effect of nanoscale sulfur (NS) on rice seedlings …