High concentrations of non-essential heavy metals/metalloids (arsenic, cadmium, and lead)
in soils and irrigation water represent a threat to the environment, food safety, and human …

Heavy metals‐containing drinking water and wastewater are posing a severe threat to the
environment, and living beings on land, air and water. Different conventional, advanced …

The rhizosphere microbiome is composed of diverse microbial organisms, including
archaea, viruses, fungi, bacteria as well as eukaryotic microorganisms, which occupy a …

The increasing rate of industrialization, anthropogenic, and geological activities have
expedited the release of heavy metals (HMs) at higher concentration in environment. HM …

Composite pollution by microplastics and heavy metals poses a potential threat to the
soilsingle bondplant system and has received increasing attention. Plant growth-promoting …

Anthropogenic imbalance of chemical pollutants in environment raises serious threat to all
life forms. Contaminated sites often possess multiple heavy metals and other types of …

Accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural soils due to human production activities—
mining, fossil fuel combustion, and application of chemical fertilizers/pesticides—results in …

Plant-associated microbes include taxonomically diverse communities of bacteria,
archaebacteria, fungi, and viruses, which establish integral ecological relationships with the …

Microplastics (MPs) can act as carriers for environmental pollutants; therefore, MPs
combined with heavy metal pollution are attracting increasing attention from researchers. In …

Heavy metals (HMs) contamination in agricultural soils is a major concern for global food
safety and human health. Although, various in-situ and ex-situ remediation methods have …