Soil contamination with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is an increasing environmental
problem, posing serious threats to the living organisms. Phytoremediation is a sustainable …

Vanadium (V) is an important component of industrial activities, while it may pose toxic
hazards to plants, animals, and humans at high levels. Owing to its various uses in …

As emerging contaminants, microplastics (mPS,< 5 mm) have been reported to adversely
affect the plant growth; however, the mechanisms of mPS-induced growth limitation are …

Uranium (U), a highly toxic radionuclide, is becoming a great threat to soil health
development, as returning nuclear waste containing U into the soil systems is increased …

Accumulation and enrichment of excessive heavy metals due to industrialization and
modernization not only devastate our ecosystem, but also pose a threat to the global …

The global food production for the worldwide population mainly depends on the huge
contributions of the agricultural sector. The cultivated crops of foods need various elements …

This research was performed to explore the vital role of seed priming with a 0.01 µM
concentration of brassinosteroids (EBL) to alleviate the adverse effects of Cr (100 µM) in two …

Humans are facing very serious health threats from food contamination with cadmium (Cd),
and Cd uptake by wheat is amongst the main causes of Cd entrance into the food chain. The …

Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to both plants and humans. Light plays crucial roles in plant
growth, development and stress responses, but how light functions in plant Cd response …

Although biological remediation of U-stressed soil has been studied for a long time, the
combined effects of biochar and plant roots are rarely discussed and its influence on …