Global climate change and associated adverse abiotic stress conditions, such as drought,
salinity, heavy metals, waterlogging, extreme temperatures, oxygen deprivation, etc., greatly …

Heavy metal (HM) toxicity has become a global concern in recent years and is imposing a
severe threat to the environment and human health. In the case of plants, a higher …

Cadmium accumulation in crops and the possibility of Cd entering the food chain are serious
concerns for public health. This review discusses the deleterious effects of Cd in plants and …

Globally, environmental contamination by potentially noxious metalloids like arsenic is
becoming a critical concern to the living organisms. Arsenic is a non-essential metalloid for …

Heavy metal toxicity is one of the major concerns for agriculture and health. Accumulation of
toxic heavy metals at high concentrations in edible parts of crop plants is the primary cause …

Cadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to both plants and humans. Light plays crucial roles in plant
growth, development and stress responses, but how light functions in plant Cd response …

Plants being sessile organisms are often exposed to various abiotic stress conditions, which
greatly hamper the growth, yields as well as the quality of produce. Plants respond to abiotic …

Heavy metals (HMs) are among the most dangerous environmental variables for a variety of
life forms, including crops. Accumulation of HMs in consumables and their subsequent …

In plants, sulfur plays a critical role in the formation of important biomolecules such as
cysteine, methionine, and tripeptide glutathione. Thiol groups, composed of sulfur, are …

Chromium (Cr) is a heavy metal that poses a grave threat to the environment along with
other living organisms, including plants. Chromium is very harmful to plants due to its effects …