Trace elements in soil-vegetables interface: translocation, bioaccumulation, toxicity and amelioration-a review

N Gupta, KK Yadav, V Kumar, S Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The contamination of soil and vegetables with trace elements is one of the most severe
ecological problems in developing industrialized countries. Trace elements are released …

A critical review on effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of cadmium in vegetables

M Rizwan, S Ali, M Adrees, M Ibrahim, DCW Tsang… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) accumulation in vegetables is an important environmental issue that
threatens human health globally. Understanding the response of vegetables to Cd stress …

Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant machinery in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

SS Gill, N Tuteja - Plant physiology and biochemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Various abiotic stresses lead to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in
plants which are highly reactive and toxic and cause damage to proteins, lipids …

Superoxide dismutase—mentor of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants

SS Gill, NA Anjum, R Gill, S Yadav… - … science and pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Abiotic stresses impact growth, development, and productivity, and significantly limit the
global agricultural productivity mainly by impairing cellular physiology/biochemistry via …

Making the life of heavy metal-stressed plants a little easier

PL Gratão, A Polle, PJ Lea… - Functional plant biology, 2005 - CSIRO Publishing
The contamination of soils and water with metals has created a major environmental
problem, leading to considerable losses in plant productivity and hazardous health effects …

Modulation of glutathione and its related enzymes in plants' responses to toxic metals and metalloids—a review

NA Anjum, I Ahmad, I Mohmood, M Pacheco… - Environmental and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in the contamination of the environment by toxic metals (TMs) and
metalloids is posing serious threats to biotic communities. Plants are among the organisms …

Plant superoxide dismutases: Function under abiotic stress conditions

LA del Río, FJ Corpas, E López-Huertas… - … and antioxidant enzymes …, 2018 - Springer
Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are a family of metalloenzymes that catalyze the dismutation
or disproportionation of superoxide radicals (O _ 2^ ⋅-O 2·-) into molecular oxygen (O 2) …

Effects of cadmium on antioxidant enzyme and photosynthetic activities in leaves of two maize cultivars

Y Ekmekçi, D Tanyolac, B Ayhan - Journal of plant physiology, 2008 - Elsevier
Effects of cadmium (Cd2+) on photosynthetic and antioxidant activities of maize (Zea mays
L.) cultivars (3223 and 32D99) were investigated. Fourteen-day-old cultivar seedlings were …

Selenium-induced up-regulation of the antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification system reduces salinity-induced damage in rapeseed seedlings

M Hasanuzzaman, MA Hossain, M Fujita - Biological trace element …, 2011 - Springer
The present study investigates the regulatory role of exogenous selenium (Se) in the
antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal (MG) detoxification systems in rapeseed seedlings …

Cadmium toxicity in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants grown in hydroponics

AF López-Millán, R Sagardoy, M Solanas… - … and experimental botany, 2009 - Elsevier
The effects of Cd have been investigated in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plants grown
in a controlled environment in hydroponics, using Cd concentrations of 10 and 100μM …