Cadmium (Cd) is a major environmental contaminant due to its widespread industrial use.
Cd contamination of soil and water is rather classical but has emerged as a recent problem …

Environmental contamination by hazardous environmental pollutants is a widespread and
increasingly serious problem confronting society, scientists, and regulators worldwide …

In a persistently changing environment, plants are constantly challenged by various abiotic
stresses such as salinity, drought, temperature extremes, heavy metal toxicity, high-light …

Abiotic stresses impact growth, development, and productivity, and significantly limit the
global agricultural productivity mainly by impairing cellular physiology/biochemistry via …

The protective effect of selenium (Se) on antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal (MG)
detoxification systems was investigated in leaves of rapeseed (Brassica napus cv. BINA …

Cadmium (Cd) contamination in river sediments becomes increasingly serious, and
phytoremediation has been used to remediate Cd contaminated sediments, but the …

Bark tissue of Populus× canescens can hyperaccumulate cadmium, but microstructural,
transcriptomic, and physiological response mechanisms are poorly understood …

Drought stress commonly happens more than once during the life cycle of perennial trees.
Stress memory endows better capacity to cope with repeated stresses for plants, while the …

Environmental contamination with heavy metals is of concern as plants have the ability to
absorb chemical toxicants facilitating the entry of toxic metals into the food chain. Lettuce …

Ectomycorrhizas (EMs), which are symbiotic organs formed between tree roots and certain
fungi, can mediate cadmium (Cd) tolerance of host plants, but the underlying physiological …