Nano-fertilization as an emerging fertilization technique: Why can modern agriculture benefit from its use?

MF Seleiman, KF Almutairi, M Alotaibi, A Shami… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is a need for a more innovative fertilizer approach that can increase the productivity of
agricultural systems and be more environmentally friendly than synthetic fertilizers. In this …

Heavy metal stress in plants: Ways to alleviate with exogenous substances

D Feng, R Wang, X Sun, P Liu, J Tang, C Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accumulation and enrichment of excessive heavy metals due to industrialization and
modernization not only devastate our ecosystem, but also pose a threat to the global …

Nanofertilizers for agricultural and environmental sustainability

S Babu, R Singh, D Yadav, SS Rathore, R Raj… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers in the agricultural production systems to keep pace
with the food and nutritional demand of the gallo** population had an adverse impact on …

Melatonin and strigolactone mitigate chromium toxicity through modulation of ascorbate-glutathione pathway and gene expression in tomato

V Raja, SU Qadir, N Kumar, AA Alsahli… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Anthocyanin synthesis is critical for melatonin-induced chromium stress tolerance in tomato

S Sun, A Liu, Z Li, T Guo, S Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal for both animals and plants. The multifunctional
signaling molecule melatonin can confer plant tolerance to heavy metal stress, but the …

Minimizing adverse effects of pb on maize plants by combined treatment with jasmonic, salicylic acids and proline

MR Sofy, MF Seleiman, BA Alhammad, BM Alharbi… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lead (Pb) is a toxic heavy metal (HM) that harms plant growth and productivity.
Phytohormones, such as jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA), and osmoprotectants …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial seed coating: An attractive tool for sustainable agriculture

A Paravar, R Piri, H Balouchi, Y Ma - Biotechnology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Seed coating is considered one of the best methods to promote sustainable agriculture
where the physical and physiological properties of seeds can be improved to facilitate …

[HTML][HTML] Exogenously applied melatonin enhanced the tolerance of Brassica napus against cobalt toxicity by modulating antioxidant defense, osmotic adjustment, and …

S Ali, RA Gill, Z Ulhassan, N Zhang, S Hussain… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The excessive accumulation of cobalt (Co) in plant tissues severely impairs plant growth that
ultimately reduces the yield. However, melatonin (MT) has been known to mediate the …

Combined effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles and melatonin on wheat growth, chlorophyll contents, cadmium (Cd) and zinc uptake under Cd stress

F Chen, Y Li, M Zia-ur-Rehman, SM Hussain… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and melatonin (MT) have been known to regulate heavy
metal toxicities in plants in some studies, the effect of their combined use on cadmium (Cd) …

Melatonin-induced protection against plant abiotic stress: mechanisms and prospects

MU Hassan, A Mahmood, MI Awan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global warming in this century increases incidences of various abiotic stresses restricting
plant growth and productivity and posing a severe threat to global food production and …