Lead toxicity in plants: Impacts and remediation

U Zulfiqar, M Farooq, S Hussain, M Maqsood… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) is the second most toxic heavy metal after arsenic (As), which has no role in
biological systems. Pb toxicity causes a range of damages to plants from germination to …

Use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) with multiple plant growth promoting traits in stress agriculture: Action mechanisms and future prospects

H Etesami, DK Maheshwari - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Increased incidence of abiotic stresses impacting adversely plant growth and productivity in
major crops is being witnessed all over the world. Therefore, as a result of such stress …

Soil contamination with cadmium, consequences and remediation using organic amendments

MA Khan, S Khan, A Khan, M Alam - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd) contamination of soil and food crops is a ubiquitous environmental problem
that has resulted from uncontrolled industrialization, unsustainable urbanization and …

Bacterial mediated alleviation of heavy metal stress and decreased accumulation of metals in plant tissues: mechanisms and future prospects

H Etesami - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy metal pollution of agricultural soils is one of main concerns causing some of the
different ecological and environmental problems. Excess accumulation of these metals in …

Recent advances in metabolomics for studying heavy metal stress in plants

Z Feng, S Ji, J Ping, D Cui - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) are affected by natural and human activities and contaminate the soil
environment, endanger plant growth and pose a serious threat to the ecosystem. HMs …

Regulation of L-proline biosynthesis, signal transduction, transport, accumulation and its vital role in plants during variable environmental conditions

M Meena, K Divyanshu, S Kumar, P Swapnil, A Zehra… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Background In response to various environmental stresses, many plant species synthesize L-
proline in the cytosol and accumulates in the chloroplasts. L-Proline accumulation in plants …

Effects of different metals on photosynthesis: cadmium and zinc affect chlorophyll fluorescence in durum wheat

M Paunov, L Koleva, A Vassilev… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
A comparative study of the effects of exposure to high Cd2+ (50 µM) and excess Zn2+ (600
µM) on photosynthetic performance of hydroponically-grown durum wheat seedlings was …

Role of proline under changing environments: a review

S Hayat, Q Hayat, MN Alyemeni, AS Wani… - Plant signaling & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
When exposed to stressful conditions, plants accumulate an array of metabolites, particularly
amino acids. Amino acids have traditionally been considered as precursors to and …

Water relations in plants subjected to heavy metal stresses

R Rucińska-Sobkowiak - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2016 - Springer
Concentrations of heavy metals in soil seldom reach a level sufficient to cause osmotic
disturbances in plants. It is likely that water entry to the roots is indirectly governed by other …

Plant-driven removal of heavy metals from soil: uptake, translocation, tolerance mechanism, challenges, and future perspectives

S Thakur, L Singh, ZA Wahid, MF Siddiqui… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Increasing heavy metal (HM) concentrations in the soil have become a significant problem in
the modern industrialized world due to several anthropogenic activities. Heavy metals (HMs) …