Increasing industrialization and urbanization result in emission of pollutants in the
environment including toxic heavy metals, as cadmium and lead. Among the different heavy …

Cadmium (Cd) is an inorganic mineral in the earth's crust. Cadmium entry into the
environment occurs through geogenic and anthropogenic sources. Industrial activities …

Heavy metal (HMs) pollution is regarded as one of the major concerns for soil and water,
causing varieties of toxic and stress effects on plants and ecosystems. It has become one of …

Groundwater serves as the water recharge of surface water and provides clean water for
domestic, industrial, and agricultural usage for human life. However, rapid developments …

Iron (Fe) is essential for rice growth and humans consuming as their staple food but is often
deficient because of insoluble Fe (III) in soil for rice growth and limited assimilation for …

Potentially toxic elements are a widespread concern due to their increasing diffusion into the
environment. To counteract this problem, the relationship between plants and metal (loid) s …

Cadmium, one of the toxic heavy metals, robustly impact crop growth and development and
food safety. In this study, the mechanisms of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) selenium-binding …

Some plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) are enigmatic in enhancing plant growth in
the face of increased metal accumulation in plants. Since most PGPB colonize the plant root …

Bryophytes are widely used to monitor air quality. Due to the lack of a cuticle, their cells can
be compared to the roots of crop plants. This study aimed to test a hypothetical relation …

The influence of Pb and Zn on chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and plant growth of one-year-
old Koelreuteria paniculata and Zelkova schneideriana young plants was investigated. Pb …