Pollution assessment of heavy metals in soils of India and ecological risk assessment: A state-of-the-art

V Kumar, A Sharma, P Kaur, GPS Sidhu, AS Bali… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil is substantive component of biosphere, which is exposed to plethora of pollutants
including heavy metals. These are added by natural as well as anthropogenic activities …

Plant-lead interactions: transport, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification mechanisms

A Kumar, MNV Prasad - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Lead (Pb) bioaccumulation and antioxidative responses in Tetraena qataranse

K Usman, MH Abu-Dieyeh, N Zouari, MA Al-Ghouti - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Lead (Pb) is the second most toxic metal on Earth and is toxic to humans and other living
things. In plants, Pb commonly inhibits growth when it is at a concentration in the soil of 30 …

Ecological risk assessment and source apportionment of heavy metals contamination: An appraisal based on the Tellus soil survey

A Keshavarzi, V Kumar, G Ertunç, EC Brevik - … Geochemistry and Health, 2021 - Springer
It is imperative to comprehend the level and spatial distribution of soil pollution with heavy
metals to find sustainable management approaches for affected soils. Selected heavy …

Thermochemical conversion of heavy metal contaminated biomass: Fate of the metals and their impact on products

Y Chai, M Bai, A Chen, L Peng, J Shao, C Shang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid depletion of fossil energy and increasingly severe environmental pollution,
the development of biomass resources for biorefineries has become a new research focus …

Deciphering the dynamics of glomalin and heavy metals in soils contaminated with hazardous municipal solid wastes

N Gujre, R Agnihotri, L Rangan, MP Sharma… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) accumulation in the soils poses risks towards the environment and
health. Glomalin related soil protein (GRSP) produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi …

Comparative Assessment of Toxic Metals Bioaccumulation and the Mechanisms of Chromium (Cr) Tolerance and Uptake in Calotropis procera

K Usman, H Al Jabri, MH Abu-Dieyeh… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Progressive pollution due to toxic metals significantly undermines global environmental
sustainability efforts. Chromium (Cr) is one of the most dangerous to human health. The use …

Accumulation of Potentially Toxic Metals in Egyptian Alluvial Soils, Berseem Clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.), and Groundwater after Long-Term Wastewater …

AS Abuzaid, HS Jahin, AA Asaad, ME Fadl… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
The reduced availability of water resources in Egypt has imposed the need to intensify the
use of wastewater for crop irrigation in the alluvial soils. Relevant effects can derive from …

Cadmium phytoremediation potential of Brassica genotypes grown in Cd spiked Loamy sand soils: Accumulation and tolerance

SS Dhaliwal, V Sharma, J Kaur, AK Shukla, J Singh… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation acts as an efficient methodology for management of toxic elements spiked
soils. The accumulation and tolerance potential of hyper-accumulator plants for toxic …

Toxic effects of lead on plants: integrating multi-omics with bioinformatics to develop Pb-tolerant crops

MZ Ilyas, KJ Sa, MW Ali, JK Lee - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Main conclusion Lead disrupts plant metabolic homeostasis and key structural elements.
Utilizing modern biotechnology tools, it's feasible to develop Pb-tolerant varieties by …