Toxic effects of cadmium on the physiological and biochemical attributes of plants, and phytoremediation strategies: A review

Y Li, SU Rahman, Z Qiu, SM Shahzad, MF Nawaz… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities pose a more significant threat to the environment than natural
phenomena by contaminating the environment with heavy metals. Cadmium (Cd), a highly …

A review on heavy metal pollution, toxicity and remedial measures: Current trends and future perspectives

KH Vardhan, PS Kumar, RC Panda - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

An explanation of soil amendments to reduce cadmium phytoavailability and transfer to food chain

Y Hamid, L Tang, MI Sohail, X Cao, B Hussain… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cadmium contamination in soil, water and food has become a global problem since last
century's industrial and agricultural revolution. It is a highly toxic metal with serious …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles alter the wheat physiological response and reduce the cadmium uptake by plants

A Hussain, S Ali, M Rizwan, MZ ur Rehman… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
An experiment was performed to explore the interactive impacts of zinc oxide nanoparticles
(ZnO NPs) and cadmium (Cd) on growth, yield, antioxidant enzymes, Cd and zinc (Zn) …

Seed priming with silicon nanoparticles improved the biomass and yield while reduced the oxidative stress and cadmium concentration in wheat grains

A Hussain, M Rizwan, Q Ali, S Ali - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Cadmium (Cd) is among the non-essential elements for the growth of crops while silicon (Si)
is a beneficial element for plant growth. There is little evidence regarding the use of silicon …

Iron-based nanomaterials reduce cadmium toxicity in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by modulating phytohormones, phytochelatin, cadmium transport genes and iron plaque …

P Zhou, P Zhang, M He, Y Cao, M Adeel… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice is known to accumulate cadmium (Cd) in its grains, causing a severe threat to billions
of people worldwide. The possible phytotoxicity and mechanism of 50–200 mg/L …

Silicon nanoparticles enhanced the growth and reduced the cadmium accumulation in grains of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

S Ali, M Rizwan, A Hussain, MZ ur Rehman… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The application of silicon (Si) under heavy metal stress is well known, but the use of Si
nanoparticles (NPs) under metal stress in not well documented. Thus, the experiments were …

Accumulation, ecological-health risks assessment, and source apportionment of heavy metals in paddy soils: A case study in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

R Xiao, D Guo, A Ali, S Mi, T Liu, C Ren, R Li… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Contamination of agricultural soil by heavy metals has become a global issue concerning
food security and human health risk. In this study, a soil investigation was conducted to …

Cadmium Uptake by Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): An Overview

T Abedi, A Mojiri - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that may be detected in soils and plants. Wheat, as a food
consumed by 60% of the world's population, may uptake a high quantity of Cd through its …

Simultaneous mitigation of cadmium and drought stress in wheat by soil application of iron nanoparticles

M Adrees, ZS Khan, S Ali, M Hafeez, S Khalid… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Excess amount of cadmium (Cd) in arable soils and shortage of good quality water are the
major abiotic factors affecting the crop yield which needs immediate solution to feed the …