Metals constitute vital elements for plant metabolism and survival, acting as essential co-
factors in cellular processes which are indispensable for plant growth and survival. Excess …

Nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous signaling molecule that plays an important role in plant
ontogenesis and responses to different stresses. The most widespread abiotic stress factors …

Sustainable agriculture is increasingly being put in danger by environmental contamination
with dangerous heavy metals (HMs), especially lead (Pb). Plants have developed a …

Brassinosteroids (BRs), an emerging class of phytohormones, affect numerous plant
physiological and metabolic processes and can improve plant defense systems to …

The nanoencapsulation of nitric oxide (NO) donors is an attractive technique to protect these
molecules from rapid degradation, expanding, and enabling their use in agriculture. Here …

Arsenic (As) contaminated food chains have emerged as a serious public concern for
humans and animals and are known to affect the cultivation of edible crops throughout the …

The cultivation of rice is widespread worldwide, but its growth and productivity are hampered
by heavy metals stress. However, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide donor, has …

Despite its known phytotoxicity, cadmium (Cd) is being added in most arable soils via
different agricultural activities. Additionally, information is meager on the Cd-phytotoxicity …

Rice is a worldwide cultivated crop that serves as an important source of food for the human
population, but it is also the simplest route for arsenic (As) contamination of the food chain …

Plant cell suspension culture, along with elicitor application, is a suitable technique to obtain
large amounts of bioactive compounds. Haplophyllum virgatum is an Iranian endemic plant …