The problem of environmental pollution is a global concern as it affects the entire ecosystem.
There is a cyclic revolution of pollutants from industrial waste or anthropogenic sources into …

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most versatile crops and can be grown in diverse
environmental conditions and has diversified uses as human food and animal feed. Maize …

Wastes are the major source of soil pollution originates from mining, chemical, metal
processing industries, and other allied industries. These wastes include varieties of …

Peroxidases, one of the key antioxidant enzymes, are widely distributed in nature and
catalyze oxidation of various electron donor substrates concomitant with the decomposition …

Metal contamination issues are becoming increasingly common in India and elsewhere, with
many documented cases of metal toxicity in mining industries, foundries, smelters, coal …

Water is a basic and significant asset for living beings. Water assets are progressively
diminishing due to huge populace development, industrial activities, urbanization and rural …

Salicylic acid (SA), an endogenous plant growth regulator has been found to generate a
wide range of metabolic and physiological responses in plants thereby affecting their growth …

Nanoparticles (NPs) have diverse properties when compared to respective chemicals due to
their structure, surface to volume ratio, morphology, and reactivity. Toxicological effects of …

The aim of this review is to assess the mode of action and role of antioxidants as protection
from heavy metal stress in roots, mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhizae. Based on their …

When seedlings of two rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars were raised in sand cultures under 500
and 1000 μM Pb (NO3) 2 in the medium, lengths as well as weights of roots and shoots …