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Synergistically Effect of Heavy Metal Resistant Bacteria and Plants on Remediation of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution
Microorganisms in the soil that have been contaminated with heavy metals for a long-time exhibited resistance to heavy metals. In recent years, the...
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Heavy metal stress in the agro-environment: consequences, adaptations and remediation
The adverse effects of abiotic components of the environment have led to noteworthy increases in drip global agricultural productivity. Among abiotic...
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Phytochelatins: Heavy Metal Detoxifiers in Plants
Heavy metals including cobalt, copper, manganese, molybdenum, and zinc are required by plants and other living organisms in trace levels for growth....
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Heavy metal tolerance and detoxification mechanism mediated by heavy metal resistance genes in compost habitat
Heavy metal pollution from compost is one of the most concerned environmental problems, which poses a threat to the ecosystem and human health. This...
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Enhancing Phytoremediation Efficacy in Plants Cultivated in Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil Under Drought Stress: Understanding Plant Responses and Genetic Engineering Strategies
The contamination of soil by heavy metals poses a significant challenge, impacting various living organisms. Phytoremediation has emerged as an...
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Monitoring effects of heavy metal stress on biochemical and spectral parameters of cotton using hyperspectral reflectance
Monitoring heavy metal pollution in agricultural ecosystems is crucial to ensure environmental safety. Heavy metals interfere with plants’...
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Micronutrient seed priming: new insights in ameliorating heavy metal stress
Plants need to survive with changing environmental conditions, be it different accessibility to water or nutrients, or attack by insects or...
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Microbial Amelioration of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants for Agro-Environmental Sustainability
Heavy metal pollution is one of the modern environmental problems that contaminate soil, water, and air. Heavy metal pollution not only results in...
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Heavy metal–induced stress in eukaryotic algae—mechanisms of heavy metal toxicity and tolerance with particular emphasis on oxidative stress in exposed cells and the role of antioxidant response
Heavy metals is a collective term describing metals and metalloids with a density higher than 5 g/cm 3 . Some of them are essential micronutrients;...
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Plant Assisted Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Soils
Industrial and anthropogenic activities are the major reason for heavy metal pollutionHeavy metal pollution. To date, thousands of hectares of...
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Navigating the chromium conundrum: a review of heavy metal stress and bioremediation strategies
Chromium contamination in soil, primarily originating from anthropogenic activities has always been a significant threat to plant and ecosystem...
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Enhancing the biodiesel production in the green alga Chlorella vulgaris by heavy metal stress and prediction of fuel properties from fatty acid profiles
The green microalga Chlorella vulgaris was used as a test organism during this study for evaluation of the impact of different heavy metal stress, Mn 2+...
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Recent Advances Towards Improved Microbial Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Pollution
Heavy metals refer to metals with a molecular weight of 5 times more than water. Heavy metals enter the environment through mining the metal, metal...
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Role of Rhizobacteria in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal
Pollution sources in ecosystems are mostly anthropogenic. Heavy metal contamination is one of these concerns, threatening ecosystem health, plants,...
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Molecular characterization and transcriptional modulation of stress-responsive genes under heavy metal stress in freshwater ciliate, Euplotes aediculatus
Heavy metal pollutants in the environment are increasing exponentially due to various anthropogenic factors including mining, industrial and...
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Correlative study on heavy metal-induced oxidative stress and hypertension among the rural population of Malwa Region of Punjab, India
Heavy metal-induced toxicity contributes to the progression of various metabolic disorders and possible mechanisms involved in disease progression...
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Changes in Chromosome Complement and Germination of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Exposed to Heavy Metal Stress
Heavy metals are defined by their high atomic mass. When essential to organisms, metal presence improves plant development; if nonessential, metal...
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Biochar-Based Remediation of Heavy Metal Polluted Land
The excessive use of heavy metalsheavy metals has led to the problem of pollution of land by heavy metalsheavy metals. The non-degradability,...
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A review on heavy metal biosorption utilizing modified chitosan
Heavy metal pollution in water bodies is a global concern. The prominent source of metal contamination in aqueous streams and groundwater is...
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Growth response of Brachystegia longifolia to copper mining pollution-induced heavy metal stress
Elevated concentration of heavy metals has been reported in Brachystegia longifolia trees attributed to pollution emanating from a copper mine in...
