Halophytes have potential as heavy metal phytoremediators: A comprehensive review

PG Caparrós, M Ozturk, A Gul, TS Batool… - Environmental and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Halophytes are widely distributed worldwide and thrive in a wide range of environments
such as coastal salt marshes, dunes, saline depressions, and inland deserts. They are also …

The importance of forest for soil, food, and climate security in Asia

A Raj, MK Jhariya, N Khan - … and Sustainability in Asia: Volume 2 …, 2022 - Springer
Forests help in building soils through varying amounts of litter and root inputs. The forest
decay adds essential nutrients to the soils which leads to nutritious food and fruits, thereby …

Accumulation of As, Ag, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn by native plants growing in soils contaminated by mining environmental liabilities in the peruvian andes

E Cruzado-Tafur, K Bierla, L Torró, J Szpunar - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The capability of native plant species grown in polluted post-mining soils to accumulate
metals was evaluated in view of their possible suitability for phytoremediation. The study …

[PDF][PDF] An ecological study on Betula medwediewii Regel and Veratrum album L. naturally distributed in the subalpine region of West Transcaucasia

M Ozturk, V Altay, A Gul, E Altundag… - Plant & Fungal …, 2024 - plantfungalres.az
This investigation presents ecological characteristics of Betula medwediewii Regel, a relict
woody species and Veratrum album L., an important medicinal plant, both naturally …

Urban greening toward sustainable development and sustainability

N Khan, MK Jhariya, A Raj - … and Sustainability in Asia: Volume 2 …, 2022 - Springer
The urban setup has major component of social, environmental, and climate change
perspectives especially in Asia. The urban ecosystem is intricate because of its structure …

[HTML][HTML] Mining and quarrying activities tend to favor stress-tolerant plants

F Fazlioglu, GP Keskin, OE Akcin, T Ozbucak - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities such as mining and agricultural practices may alter plant community
structure and functioning. Grime's Competitors–Stress–Ruderal (CSR) strategy can be used …

An experimental study on the effects copper and lead on the seedlings of some economically important vegetable species

F Candan, M Ozturk, V Altay… - Notulae Botanicae Horti …, 2023 - notulaebotanicae.ro
Bioaccumulation of toxic heavy metals in vegetables is closely related to the problems of
safety concerns as they negatively affect plants in particular those consumed by the humans …

[PDF][PDF] Preservation and ecology of a living relict shrub in South Caucasus as a eco-genetic heritage from tertiary: Epigaea gaultherioides (Boiss. & Bal.) Takht

M Ozturk, V Altay, M Kucuk, E Altundağ, Z Severoğlu… - J Environ Biol, 2020 - jeb.co.in
Colchic region is one of the most important refuges for Tertiary relict biota in western Eurasia
(Mai, 1995; Denk et al., 2001). The climate of the area is mild, with evenly distributed high …

Evaluating capability of two halophyte plants for phytoextraction of cadmium from contaminated soils

M Mazhari, SA Kapourchal, M Homaee - All Life, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Selecting an appropriate plant is a key factor for the phytoextraction of heavy metals from
contaminated soils. The possibility of using two halophytes for the remediation of cadmium …

Liakot forests in Kalam, District Swat, Pakistan: Floristics, conservation, sustainability, and ecological classification

S Anwar, F Abid, I Noreen, N Alam, Z Ullah - … and Sustainability in Asia …, 2022 - Springer
Kalam Kohistan, with an altitude of 1300 m (south) to 2500 m (north), is a dry temperate hilly
region with a dense forest cover composed of pine, deodar, chir, silver, fir, and oak. The …