Exploring the adaptive responses of plants to abiotic stresses using transcriptome data

MH Javaid, AR Khan, A Salam, A Neelam, W Azhar… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, global climate change and heavy metal stress have severely affected
plant growth and biomass, which has led to a serious threat to food safety and human …

Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles downplayed ultrastructural damage and improved photosynthetic apparatus in maize under cobalt stress

A Salam, AR Khan, L Liu, S Yang, W Azhar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is widely known that cobalt (Co) stress adversely affects plant growth and biomass
accumulation, posing serious threats to crop production and food security. Nanotechnology …

Application of magnesium oxide nanoparticles as a novel sustainable approach to enhance crop tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses

S Ali, Z Ulhassan, H Shahbaz, Z Kaleem… - Environmental …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmental stress factors including abiotic stresses (heavy metals, drought, and salinity
etc.) or biotic pathogens (bacteria, fungi, and nematodes etc.) contribute to major losses to …

Salicylic acid underpins silicon in ameliorating chromium toxicity in rice by modulating antioxidant defense, ion homeostasis and cellular ultrastructure

S Yang, Z Ulhassan, AM Shah, AR Khan… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) phytotoxicity affirmed the need of mitigation strategies to remediate polluted
soils and restricts its accumulation in the food chains. Salicylic acid (SA) and silicon (Si) play …

Application of abscisic acid and 6-benzylaminopurine modulated morpho-physiological and antioxidative defense responses of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) by …

M Kamran, M Danish, MH Saleem, Z Malik, A Parveen… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
A hydroponic study was conducted to determine the effects of single and/or combined
application of different doses (0, 5 and 10 μM L− 1) of abscisic acid (ABA) and 6 …

[HTML][HTML] Exogenously applied melatonin enhanced the tolerance of Brassica napus against cobalt toxicity by modulating antioxidant defense, osmotic adjustment, and …

S Ali, RA Gill, Z Ulhassan, N Zhang, S Hussain… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The excessive accumulation of cobalt (Co) in plant tissues severely impairs plant growth that
ultimately reduces the yield. However, melatonin (MT) has been known to mediate the …

Selenium mitigates the chromium toxicity in Brassicca napus L. by ameliorating nutrients uptake, amino acids metabolism and antioxidant defense system

Z Ulhassan, RA Gill, H Huang, S Ali… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The phytotoxicity of chromium (Cr) makes it obligatory for the researchers to develop
strategies that seek to hinder its accumulation in food chains. While, protective role of …

Calcium nanoparticles (Ca-NPs) improve drought stress tolerance in Brassica napus by modulating the photosystem II, nutrient acquisition and antioxidant …

A Ayyaz, R Fang, J Ma, F Hannan, Q Huang, Y Sun… - NanoImpact, 2022 - Elsevier
Foliar-application of nano-particles enhanced the foliar nutrient status and crop growth and
yield. It is hypothesized that being second messenger molecule, supplementation of Ca 2+ …

Protective mechanisms of melatonin against selenium toxicity in Brassica napus: insights into physiological traits, thiol biosynthesis and antioxidant machinery

Z Ulhassan, Q Huang, RA Gill, S Ali, TM Mwamba… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Background The ubiquitous signaling molecule melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine)(
MT) plays vital roles in plant development and stress tolerance. Selenium (Se) may be …

Seed priming with nitric oxide and/or spermine mitigate the chromium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings by improving the carbon-assimilation and minimising the …

F Basit, Z Ulhassan, Q Mou, MM Nazir, J Hu… - Functional Plant …, 2022 - CSIRO Publishing
Chromium (Cr) is a serious environmental contaminant that drastically limited the crop
yields. Nitric oxide (NO) and spermine (Spm) portrayal significance in improving the plant …