Soil naturally comprises heavy metals but due to the rapid industrialization and
anthropogenic events such as uncontrolled use of agrochemicals their concentration is …

With modern day urbanization and industrialization, heavy metal (HM) contamination has
become a prime concern for today's society. The impacts of metal contamination on …

Heavy metal pollution in groundwater is a substantial environmental risk for Bangladesh.
The Meghna Ghat industrial area in Bangladesh becomes a promising site for installing …

Phytoremediation is a green emerging technology used to remove pollutants from
environment components. Mechanisms used to remediate soils contaminated by heavy …

Phytoremediation of heavy metals: Recent techniques Page 1 African Journal of
Biotechnology Vol. 8 (6), pp. 921-928, 20 March, 2009 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB …

The effect of arsenic (As) exposure on genome-wide expression was examined in rice
(Oryza sativa L., ssp. Indica). A group of defense and stress-responsive genes, transporters …

The environment has been contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants. Organic
pollutants are largely anthropogenic and are introduced to the environment in many ways …

Silicon (Si) is as an important fertilizer element, which has been found effective in enhancing
plant tolerance to variety of biotic and a-biotic stresses. This study investigates the Si …

The role of auxin in plant development is well known; however, its possible function in root
response to abiotic stress is poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrate a novel role of …

A pollution-free environment is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Most
conventional remedial technologies are expensive and cause the pollution of the …