In recent years, heavy metals (HMs) attain lot of consideration due to their toxic nature in the
environment. Natural as well as anthropogenic activities like urbanization & industrialization …

The rapid increase in the contamination of the environment by toxic metals (TMs) and
metalloids is posing serious threats to biotic communities. Plants are among the organisms …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Mercury poisoning has become a problem of current interest as a result of environmental
pollution on a global scale. Natural emissions of mercury form two-thirds of the input; …

Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) plants when exposed to various concentrations of Pb
(1–100μM) for 1–7days, exhibited both phytotoxic and tolerance responses. The specific …

The phytotoxicity imposed by cadmium (Cd) and its detoxifying responses of Bacopa
monnieri L. have been investigated. Effect on biomass, photosynthetic pigments and protein …

Using the γ‐glutamylcysteine synthetase inhibitor, l‐buthionine‐[S, R]‐sulphoximine (BSO),
the role for phytochelatins (PCs) was evaluated in Cu, Cd, Zn, As, Ni, and Co tolerance in …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) roots were treated with mercuric ions in a concentration-and time-
dependent manner, and lipid peroxidation was studied biochemically as well as …

The role of both terrestrial and aquatic plants in phytoremediation of various contaminants is
well established. Phytoremediation has been successfully implemented at different …

In recent years, heavy metal pollution has become increasingly prominent, severely
damaging ecosystems and biodiversity, and posing a serious threat to human health …