Engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are considered as potential agents for agriculture as
fertilizers, growth enhancers and pesticides. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms that …

Heavy metal contamination of soil and water causing toxicity/stress has become one
important constraint to crop productivity and quality. This situation has further worsened by …

Industrial revolution brought prodigious encroachment on agricultural productivity but at
apparent environmental costs. One of the major unfortunate consequences of …

Metal toxicity in plants is still a global problem for the environment, agriculture and ultimately
human health. This review initially addresses the current state of the environmental …

Aluminum (Al) stress is one of the serious limiting factors in plant productivity in acidic soils,
which constitute about 50% of the world's potentially arable lands and causes anywhere …

Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs regulating of genes involved in
major physiological processes including growth, development, and responses to biotic and …

Abstract Aluminum (Al), a non-essential metal for plant growth, exerts significant phytotoxic
effects, particularly on root growth. Anthropogenic activities would intensify Al's toxic effects …

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME), and pyruvate,
phosphate dikinase (PPDK) participate in the process of concentrating CO2 in C4 …

Over 40% of arable land in the world is acidic. Al stress has become a global agricultural
problem affecting plant growth and limiting crop production in acidic soils. Plants have …

Key message Genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 923 maize lines and validation in
bi-parental populations identified significant genomic regions for kernel-Zinc and-Iron in …