Heavy metals and pesticides toxicity in agricultural soil and plants: Ecological risks and human health implications

A Alengebawy, ST Abdelkhalek, SR Qureshi, MQ Wang - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental problems have always received immense attention from scientists. Toxicants
pollution is a critical environmental concern that has posed serious threats to human health …

Biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles and prospects in plant disease management

M Tariq, KN Mohammad, B Ahmed, MA Siddiqui, J Lee - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Exploration of nanoparticles (NPs) for various biological and environmental applications has
become one of the most important attributes of nanotechnology. Due to remarkable …

Bacterial ACC deaminase: Insights into enzymology, biochemistry, genetics, and potential role in amelioration of environmental stress in crop plants

M Shahid, UB Singh, MS Khan, P Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Growth and productivity of crop plants worldwide are often adversely affected by
anthropogenic and natural stresses. Both biotic and abiotic stresses may impact future food …

Metal-tolerant and siderophore producing Pseudomonas fluorescence and Trichoderma spp. improved the growth, biochemical features and yield attributes of …

A Syed, AM Elgorban, AH Bahkali, R Eswaramoorthy… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Industrialization and human urbanization have led to an increase in heavy metal (HM)
pollution which often cause negative/toxic effect on agricultural crops. The soil-HMs cannot …

Bacillus mojavensis, a Metal-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium, Improves Growth, Photosynthetic Attributes, Gas Exchange Parameters, and Alkalo-Polyphenol …

M Danish, M Shahid, MT Zeyad, NA Bukhari… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Discharge of nanoparticles (NPs) into aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems during
manufacturing processes and from various commercial goods has become a significant …

Mesorhizobium ciceri as biological tool for improving physiological, biochemical and antioxidant state of Cicer aritienum (L.) under fungicide stress

M Shahid, MS Khan, A Syed, N Marraiki… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Fungicides among agrochemicals are consistently used in high throughput agricultural
practices to protect plants from damaging impact of phytopathogens and hence to optimize …

[HTML][HTML] The ecological hazards of profenofos revealed by soil beneficial-bacteria, plant seedlings, and plasmid nicking assays: a short-term toxicity investigation

M Shahid, UB Singh - Plant Stress, 2024 - Elsevier
Excessive and indiscriminate use of pesticides may adversely affect the growth and activity
of both crop plants and soil microbial populations. The reported study was conducted to …

Effective inhibition of phytopathogenic microbes by eco-friendly leaf extract mediated silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)

M Haroon, A Zaidi, B Ahmed, A Rizvi, MS Khan… - Indian journal of …, 2019 - Springer
This study was aimed at producing the eco-friendly, safe, and inexpensive silver (Ag)
nanoparticles (NPs) and assessing its antimicrobial activity. Fungal pathogens isolated from …

Assessing phytotoxicity and cyto-genotoxicity of two insecticides using a battery of in-vitro biological assays

M Shahid, MT Zeyad, A Syed, AH Bahkali… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Intensive use of chemical pesticides in agriculture poses environmental risks and may have
negative impacts on agricultural productivity. The potential phytotoxicity of two chemical …

Entomopathogen-based biopesticides: insights into unraveling their potential in insect pest management

Irsad, M Shahid, E Haq, A Mohamed, PQ Rizvi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Global food security is a critical challenge to fulfill the demands of an exponentially growing
population. To date, growers rely on chemicals; the broad-spectrum application of synthetic …