Heavy metal (HM)-mediated toxic effects on plants have attained considerable attention
worldwide as they directly threaten the food supply chain. Although various measures have …

The extensive use of high-concentration copper (Cu) in feed additives, fertilizers, pesticides,
and nanoparticles (NPs) inevitably causes significant pollution in the ecological …

Artemisia annua is a medicinal plant particularly known for the production of a
sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin; a specialty metabolite known for its efficacy in the …

Agricultural soil contamination and subsequently crops still require alternative solutions to
reduce associated environmental risks. The effects of strigolactones (SLs) in alleviating …

Salinity, one of the catastrophic abiotic stresses that uces wheat production around the
globe. Abscisic acid (ABA) is a stress phytohormone as a signaling molecule that led us to …

Nickel (Ni) contamination of farming soil has become currently a recurring global menace to
agriculture crop productivity. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the putative …

Cadmium (Cd) stress causes serious damage to plants, inducing various physiological and
biochemical disruptions that lead to reduced plant biomass and compromised growth. The …

Copper (Cu)-toxic effects on Citrus grandis growth and Cu uptake, as well as gene
expression and physiological parameters in leaves were investigated. Using RNA-Seq, 715 …

The agricultural sector faces severe challenges owing to heavy metal (HM) contamination of
farmlands, requiring urgent preventive measures. To address this, we investigated the …

The exogenous use of plant hormones as a chemical-physical method may have a positive
effect on improving the growth activity of plants under heavy metal stress. Therefore, the aim …