Toxic metal contamination of soil is a major environmental hazard. Chemical methods for
heavy metal's (HMs) decontamination such as heat treatment, electroremediation, soil …

Background Global annual losses in agricultural production from salt-affected land are in
excess of US $12 billion and rising. At the same time, a significant amount of arable land is …

The world's food production will need to increase by up to 70% by 2050 to match the
predicted population growth. Achieving this goal will be challenging due to the decreased …

Among heavy metals, nickel, cadmium and lead have received a particular attention not only
as potent hazards to human health but also given their constant increase in the environment …

Plants can't move away and are therefore continuously confronted with unfavorable
environmental conditions (such as soil salinity, drought, heat, cold, flooding and heavy metal …

Background Many areas throughout the world are simultaneously contaminated by high
concentrations of soluble salts and by high concentrations of heavy metals that constitute a …

The effects of silicon (Si) application on plant growth, pigments, photosynthetic parameters,
chlorophyll a (Chl a) fluorescence parameters and nitrogen metabolism were studied in …

Halophytic plants are characterized by their ability to survive, even thrive, at concentrations
of sodium and chloride ions that would be toxic to most crop species. Given the diminishing …

Cadmium (Cd2+) is a widespread heavy metal pollutant in the environment with a long
biological half-life, originating mainly from industrial processes and phosphate fertilizers. It is …

Halophytic plants are of special interest because these plants are naturally present in
environments characterized by an excess of toxic ions, mainly sodium and chloride. Several …