The increasing interest in urban agriculture highlights the crucial question of crop quality.
The main objectives for environmental sustainability are a decrease in chemical inputs, a …

Plants are under the continual threat of changing climatic conditions that are associated with
various types of abiotic stresses. In particular, heavy metal contamination is a major …

Heavy metals are toxic substances released into the environment, contributing to a variety of
toxic effects on living organisms in food chain by accumulation and biomagnifications …

Citrus plants heavily depend on soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), while the
application of AMF in citrus is limited because of no propagation in vitro. The present work …

Arsenic (As) recognized as a group I human carcinogen additionally poses a threat to plants
which limit growth, metabolic activity, and productivity. Melatonin (MEL) is a naturally …

Arsenic (As) is toxic to organisms, and elevated As accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) grain
may pose a significant health risk to humans. The predominant form of As in soil under …

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) can help plants to tolerate arsenic (As) toxicity. However, plant
responses are found to vary with the host plant and the AM fungal species. The present …

The objective of the present investigation was to understand the impact of exogenously
applied melatonin on mitochondrial respiration and sugar metabolism in two contrasting rice …

High arsenic (As) concentrations in the soil, water and plant systems can pose a direct
health risk to humans and ecosystems. Phosphate (Pi) ions strongly influence As availability …

Arsenic (As) is a potentially toxic metalloid classified as a group 1 carcinogen, released in
the soil environment because of natural as well as different anthropogenic activities. The …