Medicinal plants have a wide range of uses worldwide. However, the quality of medicinal
plants is affected by severe cadmium pollution. Cadmium can reduce photosynthetic …

Heavy metal contamination of soil and water causing toxicity/stress has become one
important constraint to crop productivity and quality. This situation has further worsened by …

Plastic pollution is one of the global pressing environmental problems, threatening the
health of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. However, the influence of plastic residues and …

The increase in the proportion of microplastics in the environment has intensified the interest
in phthalate and microplastic contamination in recent years. In this study, we investigated the …

This review summarizes the findings of the most recent studies, published from 2000 to
2016, which focus on the biogeochemical behavior of Cd in soil-plant systems and its impact …

Salinity is a major abiotic stress limiting growth and productivity of plants in many areas of
the world due to increasing use of poor quality of water for irrigation and soil salinization …

With the rapid development of nanotechnology, the potential releases of nanoparticles (NPs)
have drawn considerable attention. Plants are essential fundamental components of all …

In recent years melatonin has emerged as a research highlight in plant studies. Melatonin
has different functions in many aspects of plant growth and development. The most …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced as a normal product of plant cellular
metabolism. Various environmental stresses lead to excessive production of ROS causing …

An effective strategy to engineer selective photodynamic agents to surmount bacterial‐
infected diseases, especially Gram‐positive bacteria remains a great challenge. Herein, we …