The primary factors that restrict agricultural productivity and jeopardize human and food
safety are heavy metals (HMs), including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and aluminum, which …

Nickel (Ni) contamination poses a serious environmental concern, particularly in developing
countries: where, anthropogenic activities significantly contributes to Ni accumulations in …

Nickel (Ni) is known as a plant micronutrient and serves as a component of many significant
enzymes, however, it can be extremely toxic to plants when present in excess concentration …

Introduction UltraViolet-Biological (UV-B) plays an important role in plant growth and the
formation of nutrients, especially secondary metabolites. Methods To investigate the …

Vanadium (V) is a heavy metal found in trace amounts in many plants and widely distributed
in the soil. This study investigated the effects of vanadium concentrations on sweet potato …

Melatonin (MT) and reduced glutathione (GSH) roles in mitigating chromium (Cr) toxicity in
sweetpotato were explored. Plants, pre-treated with varying MT and GSH doses, were …

Studies on the role of nickel (Ni) in photosynthetic and antioxidant metabolism, as well as in
flavonoid synthesis and biological fixation nitrogen in cowpea crop are scarce. The aim of …

Salt stress profoundly impacts sweetpotato production. Exogenous glutathione (GSH) and
melatonin (MT) promoted plant growth under stress, but their specific roles and mechanisms …

Crop plants face severe yield losses worldwide owing to their exposure to multiple abiotic
stresses. The study described here, was conducted to comprehend the response of …

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 …