Environmental pollution of heavy metals (HMs), mainly due to anthropogenic activities, has
received growing attention in recent decades. HMs, especially the non-essential …

Food safety has emerged as a high-urgency matter for sustainable agricultural production.
Toxic metal contamination of soil and water significantly affects agricultural productivity …

Experiments were conducted to determine how exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) mediates the
tolerance of plants to cadmium (Cd) exposure. Cd stress strongly reduced all the growth …

In plants, expansin genes are responsive to heavy metal exposure. To study the
bioremediary potential of this important gene family, we discovered a root-expressed …

The rapid growth of industries has resulted in wastewater generation containing different
organic and chemical substances channeled into the water body. This causes the arising of …

When content of HMs, such as Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb or Zn, in soils is high, then they are taken up in
excess and affect different physiological processes in plants. HMs affect growth of roots and …

Populus species are well documented for being potentially suitable for phytoremediation
purposes regarding their accumulation characteristics. However, published results are …

The global industrial revolution has led to a substantial rise in heavy metal levels in the
environment, posing a serious threat to nature. Plants synthesize phenolic compounds …

Abstract Information on metallophytes during reclamation of land contaminated with heavy
metals is sparse. We investigated the response of D. carthusianorum calamine ecotype to …

Salt stress severely restricts plant growth and crop production, which is accompanied by
accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that disturb cell redox homeostasis and …