Chromium biogeochemical behaviour in soil-plant systems and remediation strategies: A critical review

M Ao, X Chen, T Deng, S Sun, Y Tang, JL Morel… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal that is heavily discharged into the soil environment
due to its widespread use and mining. High Cr levels may pose toxic hazards to plants …

Accumulation of chromium in plants and its repercussion in animals and humans

RT Kapoor, MFB Mfarrej, P Alam, J Rinklebe… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The untreated effluents released from industrial operations have adverse impacts on human
health, environment and socio-economic aspects. Environmental pollution due to chromium …

Melatonin and strigolactone mitigate chromium toxicity through modulation of ascorbate-glutathione pathway and gene expression in tomato

V Raja, SU Qadir, N Kumar, AA Alsahli… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Efficacy of metallic nanoparticles in attenuating the accumulation and toxicity of chromium in plants: current knowledge and future perspectives

Z Ulhassan, I Khan, M Hussain, AR Khan, Y Hamid… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as cutting-edge technology for the improvement of crops yield
and safe cultivation of agricultural plants, especially in peripheral areas impaired with toxic …

Anthocyanin synthesis is critical for melatonin-induced chromium stress tolerance in tomato

S Sun, A Liu, Z Li, T Guo, S Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal for both animals and plants. The multifunctional
signaling molecule melatonin can confer plant tolerance to heavy metal stress, but the …

Salicylic acid alleviates chromium (VI) toxicity by restricting its uptake, improving photosynthesis and augmenting antioxidant defense in Solanum lycopersicum L

S Gupta, CS Seth - Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 2021 - Springer
Contamination of agricultural soil by chromium (Cr) is a serious menace to environmental
safety and global food security. Although potential of salicylic acid (SA) in mitigating heavy …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-induced tolerance to chromium stress in plants

GJ Ahammed, R Shamsy, A Liu, S Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is one of the toxic elements that harms all forms of life, including plants.
Industrial discharges and mining largely contribute to Cr release into the soil environment …

Chromium mediated damaging effects on growth, nitrogen metabolism and chlorophyll synthesis in tomato can be alleviated by foliar application of melatonin and …

C Qin, H Lian, FM Alqahtani, MA Ahanger - Scientia Horticulturae, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficiency of methyl-jasmonate (5 µM Me-J) priming and the foliar application of melatonin
(100 µM ML) in assuaging the deleterious effects of chromium (Cr) toxicity on growth …

The impact of chromium ion stress on plant growth, developmental physiology, and molecular regulation

S Saud, D Wang, S Fahad, T Javed… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, heavy metals-induced soil pollution has increased due to the widespread
usage of chromium (Cr) in chemical industries. The release of Cr into the environment has …

The anatomical basis of heavy metal responses in legumes and their impact on plant–rhizosphere interactions

AK Pandey, L Zorić, T Sun, D Karanović, P Fang… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rapid industrialization, urbanization, and mine tailings runoff are the main sources of heavy
metal contamination of agricultural land, which has become one of the major constraints to …