Foliar heavy metal uptake, toxicity and detoxification in plants: A comparison of foliar and root metal uptake

M Shahid, C Dumat, S Khalid, E Schreck… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Anthropologic activities have transformed global biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals by
emitting considerable quantities of these metals into the atmosphere from diverse sources …

Phytoextraction of heavy metals from contaminated soil, water and atmosphere using ornamental plants: mechanisms and efficiency improvement strategies

B Asgari Lajayer, N Khadem Moghadam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Accumulation of heavy metals (HMs) in soil, water and air is one of the major environmental
concerns worldwide, which mainly occurs due to anthropogenic activities such as …

Air pollution induced vegetation stress–the air pollution tolerance index as a quick tool for city health evaluation

VÉ Molnár, E Simon, B Tóthmérész, S Ninsawat… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) is used to assess how tolerant plant species
are of air pollution; it also serves to identify tolerant plant species that can be useful for …

Using plane tree leaves for biomonitoring of dust borne heavy metals: a case study from Isfahan, Central Iran

S Norouzi, H Khademi, AF Cano, JA Acosta - Ecological indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Limited studies have been conducted on atmospheric dust pollution due to high cost of
instrumental monitoring and difficulties in associated sampling methods. In this study, the …

[HTML][HTML] Biomonitoring of atmospheric heavy metals pollution using dust deposited on date palm leaves in southwestern Iran

Z Naderizadeh, H Khademi, S Ayoubi - Atmósfera, 2016 - scielo.org.mx
Heavy metals in dust are causing health problems in humans and other organisms. The
main objectives of this study were to determine (1) the concentrations and the sources of …

Assessment of heavy metals in roadside dust along the Abu Dhabi–Al Ain National Highway, UAE

AA Al-Taani, Y Nazzal, FM Howari - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Concentrations of key heavy metals (Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Cr, Mn, As, and Hg) have been
investigated in roadside dust collected from Abu Dhabi–Al Ain National Highway in UAE …

Using date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) as bio-monitors of environmental quality for exposure assessment and pollution source tracking

K Jafari, MR Ghalhari, R Hayati, Z Baboli… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The entry of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) into the environment has been raised as a
problem for various countries. So, this study aimed to investigate the PTEs concentration in …

Atmospheric deposition of cadmium in an urbanized region and the effect of simulated wet precipitation on the uptake performance of rice

X Cao, C Tan, L Wu, Y Luo, Q He, Y Liang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive inputs of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) into the surface environment as a
consequence of atmospheric deposition, imposes long-term burdens on agricultural …

Evaluation of historical atmospheric pollution in an industrial area by dendrochemical approaches

A Austruy, L Yung, JP Ambrosi, O Girardclos, C Keller… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
We conducted a dendrochemical study in order to evaluate the exposure of territories and
populations to different types of pollutants and to characterise the history of pollution in one …

Potential of trees leaf/bark to control atmospheric metals in a gas and petrochemical zone

M Safari, B Ramavandi, AM Sanati, GA Sorial… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Leaf and bark of trees are tools for assessing the effects of the heavy metals pollution and
monitoring the environmental air quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence …