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 …

Antioxidants as modulators of arsenic-induced oxidative stress tolerance in plants: An overview

F Zulfiqar, M Ashraf - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a highly toxic contaminant in the environment. Although both inorganic and
organic types of arsenic exist in the environment, the most common inorganic forms of As …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles mitigated the arsenic induced oxidative stress through modulation of physio-biochemical aspects and nutritional ions homeostasis in rice …

S Jalil, SMS Alghanem, AA Al-Huqail, MM Nazir… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZn) have emerged as vital agents in combating arsenic (As)
stress in plants. However, their role in mitigation of As induced oxidative stress is less …

A review of environmental contamination and health risk assessment of wastewater use for crop irrigation with a focus on low and high-income countries

S Khalid, M Shahid, Natasha, I Bibi, T Sarwar… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Population densities and freshwater resources are not evenly distributed worldwide. This
has forced farmers to use wastewater for the irrigation of food crops. This practice presents …

Alternate wetting and drying: A water-saving and ecofriendly rice production system

M Ishfaq, M Farooq, U Zulfiqar, S Hussain… - Agricultural Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global warming and declining water resources are threatening the sustainability of rice
production and global food security. Conventional continuously flooded system (CF) of rice …

[HTML][HTML] Inorganic arsenic toxicity and alleviation strategies in rice

AM Mawia, S Hui, L Zhou, H Li, J Tabassum… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Direct or indirect exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) in the forms of AsIII (arsenite) and AsV
(arsenate) through consumption of As-contaminated food materials and drinking water leads …

Arsenic biogeochemical cycling in paddy soil-rice system: Interaction with various factors, amendments and mineral nutrients

MM Hussain, I Bibi, NK Niazi, M Shahid, J Iqbal… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) contamination is a well-recognized environmental and health issue, threatening
over 200 million people worldwide with the prime cases in South and Southeast Asian and …

[HTML][HTML] Omics approaches for understanding heavy metal responses and tolerance in plants

M Jamla, T Khare, S Joshi, S Patil, S Penna… - Current Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a gradual increase in the bioavailability and groundwater
leaching of toxic heavy metals (HMs) in the environment, driven mainly by anthropogenic …

A meta-analysis of the distribution, sources and health risks of arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Pakistan

M Shahid, NK Niazi, C Dumat, R Naidu, S Khalid… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Globally, millions of people who rely on groundwater for potable purposes and agriculture
have been inadvertently exposed to toxic arsenic (As) because of its natural occurrence in …

Fate of arsenic in living systems: Implications for sustainable and safe food chains

MU Rehman, R Khan, A Khan, W Qamar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arsenic, a group 1 carcinogen for humans, is abundant as compared to other trace elements
in the environment and is present mainly in the Earth's crust and soil. The arsenic …