Wastes are the major source of soil pollution originates from mining, chemical, metal
processing industries, and other allied industries. These wastes include varieties of …

Metal contamination issues are becoming increasingly common in India and elsewhere, with
many documented cases of metal toxicity in mining industries, foundries, smelters, coal …

Heavy metals are important environmental pollutants, and their toxicity is a serious problem
of great concern for environmental, ecological, nutritional and toxicological reasons. Metals …

One-month old horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc. cv VZM1) and bengalgram
(Cicer arietinum L. cv Annogiri) were exposed to different regimes of lead stress as Pb (NO3) …

Naturally plants are exposed with many adverse environmental conditions like biotic and
abiotic stress. Despite all others stresses heavy metal stress is one of great importance …

Peri-urban lands are often used for production of vegetables for better market accessibility
and higher prices. But most of these lands are contaminated with heavy metals through …

Seed germination and hydroponics experiments were conducted to underpin the effects of
Pb on mined ecotype (ME) and non-mined ecotype (NME) of Elsholtzia argyi from Pb/Cu …

Heavy metals (HMs) have become a significant concern in the current era, with deleterious
effects on diverse living organisms when exposed beyond threshold concentrations. Both …

Background Cuttings and seedlings of Jatropha curcas L. were exposed to different regimes
of lead (Pb) stress as Pb (NO 3) 2 at 0 (CK), 0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 mM kg− 1 soil. Objectives The …

Lead bioaccumulation and tolerance in Chinese cabbage cv. JF1 were investigated. Seeds
were treated with formalin and soaked in water for 12 h before sowing at 15/12-cm-pot in …