Climatic variability has been acquiring an extensive consideration due to its widespread
ability to impact food production and livelihoods. Climate change has the potential to …

Soil salinity is a global issue that limits plant growth in agricultural fields and contributes to
food crisis. Salt stressors impede plant's ionic, osmotic, and oxidative balance, as well as a …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are signaling molecules essential for plant responses to
abiotic and biotic stimuli as well as for multiple developmental processes. They are …

Worldwide, the effects of metal and metalloid toxicity are increasing, mainly due to
anthropogenic causes. Soil contamination ranks among the most important factors, since it …

The production of cucumber under combined salinity and heat stress is a crucial challenge
facing many countries particularly in arid environments. This challenge could be controlled …

Silicon is absorbed as uncharged mono-silicic acid by plant roots through passive
absorption of Lsi1, an influx transporter belonging to the aquaporin protein family. Lsi2 then …

Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic contaminant in the environment. Although both inorganic and
organic types of arsenic exist in the environment, the most common inorganic forms of As …

Plants evolve diverse mechanisms to eliminate the drastic effect of biotic and abiotic
stresses. Drought is the most hazardous abiotic stress causing huge losses to crop yield …

The food chain contaminated with arsenic (As) has developed a hazardous threat to the
growth and development of plants, animals and humans. The present study was conducted …

Contamination of soils and water bodies by toxic heavy metals (HMs) such as cadmium
(Cd), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), and zinc (Zn), is a major …