Arsenic uptake, toxicity, detoxification, and speciation in plants: physiological, biochemical, and molecular aspects

G Abbas, B Murtaza, I Bibi, M Shahid, NK Niazi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental contamination with arsenic (As) is a global environmental, agricultural and
health issue due to the highly toxic and carcinogenic nature of As. Exposure of plants to As …

Heavy metal pollution from gold mines: environmental effects and bacterial strategies for resistance

MO Fashola, VM Ngole-Jeme, OO Babalola - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Mining activities can lead to the generation of large quantities of heavy metal laden wastes
which are released in an uncontrolled manner, causing widespread contamination of the …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles application alleviates arsenic (As) toxicity in soybean plants by restricting the uptake of as and modulating key biochemical attributes …

P Ahmad, MN Alyemeni, AA Al-Huqail, MA Alqahtani… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accumulation of arsenic (As) in soils is increasing consistently day-by-day, which has
resulted in increased toxicity of this element in various crop plants. Arsenic interferes with …

Heavy metal stress in rice: Uptake, transport, signaling, and tolerance mechanisms

R Kaur, S Das, S Bansal, G Singh, S Sardar… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal contamination of agricultural fields has become a global concern as it causes a
direct impact on human health. Rice is the major food crop for almost half of the world …

Arsenic transport and interaction with plant metabolism: Clues for improving agricultural productivity and food safety

J Zhang, A Hamza, Z Xie, S Hussain, M Brestic… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a ubiquitous metalloid that is highly toxic to all living organisms. When grown
in As-contaminated soils, plants may accumulate significant amounts of As in the grains or …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding arsenic dynamics in agronomic systems to predict and prevent uptake by crop plants

T Punshon, BP Jackson, AA Meharg… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review is on arsenic in agronomic systems, and covers processes that influence the
entry of arsenic into the human food supply. The scope is from sources of arsenic (natural …

Silicon Enhances Morpho–Physio–Biochemical Responses in Arsenic Stressed Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) by Minimizing Its Uptake

MH Saleem, MFB Mfarrej, A Alatawi, S Mumtaz… - Journal of Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Soil contamination with toxic heavy metals [such as arsenic (As)] is becoming a serious
global problem due to rapid development of social economy. Silicon (Si), being an important …

Hydrogen peroxide modulates activity and expression of antioxidant enzymes and protects photosynthetic activity from arsenic damage in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

M Asgher, S Ahmed, Z Sehar, H Gautam… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
We studied the role of H 2 O 2 in the protection of photosynthesis from arsenic (As) damage
in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by examining the antioxidant system, photosynthesis, and growth …

Sodium nitroprusside (SNP) improves tolerance to arsenic (As) toxicity in Vicia faba through the modifications of biochemical attributes, antioxidants, ascorbate …

P Ahmad, P Alam, TH Balawi, FH Altalayan… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of arsenic (As) toxicity and the
mitigating role of nitric oxide (NO) donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on Vicia faba. Arsenics …

Iron oxide nanoparticles and selenium supplementation improve growth and photosynthesis by modulating antioxidant system and gene expression of chlorophyll …

AA Shah, NA Yasin, M Mudassir, M Ramzan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current research reveals the positive role of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) and selenium
(Se) in extenuation of arsenic (As) induced toxicity in Cucumis melo. C. melo plants grown in …