Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants
pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health …

Rice is one of the principal staple foods, essential for safeguarding the global food and
nutritional security, but due to different natural and anthropogenic sources, it also acts as …

Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) is amongst the most toxic heavy metals that severely
affects crop growth, whereas application of nanoparticles (NPs) to negate the toxic effects of …

Consequences of drought stress in crop production systems are perhaps more deleterious
than other abiotic stresses under changing climatic scenarios. Regulations of physio …

In the past few decades, the toxic effects of environmental pollutants on non-target
organisms have received more and more attention. As a new omics technology …

Cadmium (Cd) is a trace element causing severe toxicity symptoms in plants, besides
posing hazardous fitness issue due to its buildup in the human body through food chain …

Heavy metal accumulation in plants is a severe environmental problem, rising at an
expeditious rate. Heavy metals such as cadmium, arsenic, mercury and lead are known …

Drought, the major limiting factor for plant growth and crop productivity, affecting several
physiological and biochemical processes, is expected to increase in duration, intensity, and …

Natural and human activities introduced an excess level of toxic lead (Pb) to the
environment. Pb has no known biological significance and its interactions with plants lead to …

Heavy metals are one of the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect the quantity and
nutritive value of maize. Microbial management involving the use of plant growth promoting …