Stress induced by soil contamination with heavy metals and their effects on some biomarkers and DNA damage in maize plants at the vicinity of Ferronikel smelter in …

L Buqaj, B Gashi, M Zogaj, R Vataj… - … Science and Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Ferronikel smelter in Drenas is one of the main industrial areas in the Kosovo
and pollution by heavy metals causes serious threat for all living organisms on this area. The …

Heavy metals modulate DNA compaction and methylation at CpG sites in the metal hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri

S Galati, M Gullì, G Giannelli, A Furini… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Excess heavy metals affect plant physiology by inducing stress symptoms, however several
species have evolved the ability to hyperaccumulate metals in above‐ground tissues without …

DNA methylation is enhanced during Cd hyperaccumulation in Noccaea caerulescens ecotype Ganges

S Galati, G DalCorso, A Furini, R Fragni… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, we assess the DNA damage occurring in response to cadmium (Cd) in the Cd
hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens Ganges (GA) vs the non-accumulator and close …

Responses of glyoxalase system, ascorbate-glutathione cycle, and antioxidant enzymes in Pontederia cordata to lead stress and its capacity to remove lead

J Xin, S Ma, R Tian - International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
A hydroponic experiment was conducted to investigate the variations in membrane
permeabilities, chlorophyll contents, antioxidase activities, the ascorbic acid (AsA) …

[HTML][HTML] Chlorophyll biosynthesis suppression, oxidative level and cell cycle arrest caused by Ni, Cr and Pb stress in maize exposed to treated soil from the Ferronikel …

B Gashi, L Buqaj, R Vataj, M Tuna - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
Although certain trace elements are essential for normal plant functionality, an excessive
increase in their concentration can disrupt plant development and physiology due to …

Genotoxicity and Cytotoxicity Induced in Zygophyllum fabago by Low Pb Doses Depends on the Population's Redox Plasticity

A López-Orenes, C Santos, MC Dias, H Oliveira… - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lead (Pb) soil contamination remains a major ecological challenge. Zygophyllum fabago is
a candidate for the Pb phytostabilisation of mining tailings; nevertheless, the cytogenotoxic …