Sulfur nanoparticles improved plant growth and reduced mercury toxicity via mitigating the oxidative stress in Brassica napus L.

H Yuan, Q Liu, Z Guo, J Fu, Y Sun, C Gu, B Xing… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of sulfur nanoparticles (SNPs) on
alleviating mercury (Hg) toxicity and accumulation in Brassica napus L. in MS medium. The …

Heavy metal contamination assessment and probabilistic health risks in soil and maize near coal mines

X Yang, B Cheng, Y Gao, H Zhang, L Liu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Coal mining activities have continuously introduced heavy metals into the soil–
crop system, causing increasing damage to crops. This study integrated the analysis of the …

Agroecosystem Contamination with Heavy Metals Due to Road Transportation: A Global Threat to Safe Food Security

AK Singh, JK Choudhary, SK Shukla, K Bauddh… - Process Safety and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Road transportation significantly contributes to heavy metals (HMs) in the atmosphere. The
introduction of HMs into the environment is a major global ecotoxicological concern. The …

Characteristics, health risk assessment, and transfer model of heavy metals in the soil—food chain in cultivated land in karst

L Yang, P Wu, W Yang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heavy metal (loid) contamination of farmland is a crucial agri− environmental problem that
threatens food safety and human health. In this study, we examined the contamination levels …

Role of Acetic Acid and Nitric Oxide against Salinity and Lithium Stress in Canola (Brassica napus L.)

MFA Dawood, M Tahjib-Ul-Arif, AAM Sohag… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, canola (Brassica napus L.) seedlings were treated with individual and
combined salinity and lithium (Li) stress, with and without acetic acid (AA) or nitric acid (NO) …

The negligible effect of toxic metal accumulation in the flowers of melliferous plants on the mineral composition of monofloral honeys

M Tomczyk, G Zaguła, M Kaczmarski, C Puchalski… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of heavy metals in plant pollen and nectar exposes pollinators to
environmental contaminations. Although honeybees act as biofilters and impede the transfer …

Reduction of Cd2+ and Pb2+ Bioavailability in Contaminated Soil Treated with Sisal Residues (Agave sisalana)

MG Da Silva, KGV Garcia, ALA Mattos, EH Perez… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2023 - Springer
Biosorption is a technique that uses materials of biological origin to accumulate
contaminants and represents an alternative for the treatment of soils contaminated by heavy …

[HTML][HTML] Early-stage growth and elemental composition patterns of Brassica napus L. in response to Cd–Zn contamination

D Tőzsér, DO Idehen, JD Osazuwa, JE Sule… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil contamination caused by the presence of Cd and the excess amount of Zn is a
widespread concern in agricultural areas, posing significant risks to the growth and …

Evaluation of the Main Macro-, Micro- and Trace Elements Found in Fallopia japonica Plants and Their Traceability in Its Honey: A Case Study from the Northwestern …

AA Cucu, C Pașca, AB Cucu, AR Moise, O Bobiş… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed, Reynoutria japonica or Polygonum cuspidatum) is
considered an extremely invasive plant worldwide and a bioindicator of heavy metals. Yet …

[HTML][HTML] Concentración y transferencia de metales pesados en lechuga (Lactuca sativa L.) irrigadas con aguas tratadas

M Loredo-Tovías, JA Alcalá-Jáuregui… - Terra …, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Los metales pesados en los suelos agrícolas son absorbidos y pueden ser acumulados por
los cultivos, representando un riesgo potencial a la salud humana. La presente …