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Abdallah, Wafaa E., primary, Abdel Aal, Mohamed H., additional, Abd-Elsalam, Kamel A., additional, Aguirre-Becerra, Humberto, additional, Ahmad, Furqan, additional, Ahmad, Junaid, additional, Akram, Umar, additional, Albalwe, Fauzeya Mateq, additional, Alenezi, Muneefah Abdullah, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, Ashfaq, Muhammad, additional, Badshah, Lal, additional, Banerjee, Debdulal, additional, Basit, Abdul, additional, Bayram, Sinan, additional, Behar, Neha, additional, Behera, Anindita, additional, Caltzonzin-Rabell, Valeria, additional, Chu, Luan Luong, additional, Contreras-Medina, Luis M., additional, Darem, Sabrine, additional, Darwish, Doaa Bahaa Eldin, additional, Dubey, Sumit Kumar, additional, Dutta, Riya, additional, El Hadj-Khelil, Aminata Ould, additional, El-Mahdy, Omima M., additional, Farid, Babar, additional, Feregrino-Pérez, Ana A., additional, Flores-Aguilar, Priscila S., additional, Gacem, Mohamed Amine, additional, García-Trejo, Juan F., additional, Guzmán-Cruz, Rosario, additional, Haidar, Waqas, additional, Haider, Muhammad Zeeshan, additional, Jampílek, Josef, additional, Jha, Yachana, additional, Kamel, Ehab A.R., additional, Khan, Ayesha, additional, Kráľová, Katarína, additional, Kumar, Tijendra, additional, Kurian, Noble K, additional, Li, Wen-Jun, additional, Mathur, Shivangi, additional, Mehmood, Mirza Abid, additional, Mehta, Sahil, additional, Mishra, Shweta, additional, Mohamed, Heba I., additional, Muhammad, Murad, additional, Mushtaq, Iqra, additional, My, Linh Quyen, additional, Narang, Urja, additional, Owolabi, Iyiola O., additional, Pandey, Vimal, additional, Parihar, Rashmi, additional, Petchkongkaew, Awanwee, additional, Prasher, Parteek, additional, Quang, Huy Nguyen, additional, Ranjan, Rajiv, additional, Rauf, Areeba, additional, Rizwan, Muhammad, additional, Saddique, Muhammad Abu Bakar, additional, Sáenz-de-la-O, Diana, additional, Sami, Adnan, additional, Sánchez-Velázquez, Julieta, additional, Santra, Hiran Kanti, additional, Shafiq, Muhammad, additional, Shah, Adnan Ali, additional, Shah, Syed Tanveer, additional, Shahzad, Sher Muhammad, additional, Sharma, Mousmee, additional, Sharma, Samiksha, additional, Singh, Deeksha, additional, Singh, Jagriti, additional, Singh, Vineeta, additional, Syrish, Afira, additional, Tariq, Mohsin, additional, Telli, Alia, additional, Ullah, Inayat, additional, Ullah, Izhar, additional, Umar, Aisha, additional, ur Rehman, Shoaib, additional, Waché, Yves, additional, Wahab, Abdul, additional, and Yasmeen, Tahira, additional
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Adelodun, Bashir, primary, Adewumi, James R., additional, Ajala, Oluwaseyi A., additional, Ajibade, Fidelis O., additional, Ajibade, Temitope F., additional, Akmal, Muhammad Hassan, additional, Aley, Priyanka, additional, Arif, Muhammad, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, Awasthi, Kumud Kant, additional, Azeem, Faiza, additional, Azevedo, Lucas Carvalho Basilio, additional, Batool, Aqsa, additional, Bertini, Simone Cristina Braga, additional, Bhattacharya, Nayanika, additional, Chattopadhyay, Indranil, additional, Chopra, Manpriya, additional, da Silva, Averlane Vieira, additional, da Silva, Mayanne Karla, additional, Dahiya, Praveen, additional, Das, Saurav, additional, Dasauni, Khushboo, additional, de Oliveira, Valéria Maia, additional, De Oliveira, Valéria Maia, additional, Dhanjal, Daljeet Singh, additional, Duarte, Alysson Wagner Fernandes, additional, Dube, Z.P., additional, Dutta, Subhasish, additional, Ferreira, Luiz Fernando Romanholo, additional, Ghosh, Sougata, additional, Gorai, Jayeeta, additional, Goud, E. Lokesh, additional, Goutam, Surya Pratap, additional, Govani, Shrushty, additional, Guadie, Awoke, additional, Isaacs, L., additional, Jadhav, Ekta B., additional, Jenny Angel, S., additional, Joardar, Ishani, additional, Kapoor, Dhriti, additional, Koul, Bhupendra, additional, Kumar, Ashish, additional, Kumar, Devesh, additional, Kumar, Prasann, additional, Kumari, Poonam, additional, Kundu, Ashmita, additional, Kundu, Soumyaduti, additional, Lasisi, Kayode H., additional, Madakadze, I.C., additional, Makhwedzhana, M., additional, Maponya, Phokele, additional, Mbili, N., additional, Mehmood, Rashid, additional, Mishra, Sunita, additional, Mongwaketsi, K., additional, Muhilan, B.M., additional, Nailwal, Divya, additional, Nailwal, Tapan K., additional, Nair, Malavika S., additional, Nkuna, T., additional, Nwogwu, Nathaniel A., additional, Oluwadipe, Oluwafisayo R., additional, Ottoni, Júlia Ronzella, additional, Parihar, Kapil, additional, Passarini, Michel Rodrigo Zambrano, additional, Prakash, Jai, additional, Ramamurthy, Praveen C., additional, Rasul, Fahd, additional, Riaz, Muhammad, additional, Rosa, Luiz Henrique, additional, Sajjad, Saba, additional, Saleem, Iram, additional, Sampaio, Emanuelly Beatriz Tenório, additional, Sankhla, Mahipal Singh, additional, Sethi, Sonia, additional, Singh, Archana, additional, Singh, Joginder, additional, Singh, Neetu, additional, Singh, Prashant, additional, Singh, Simranjeet, additional, Sugumar, Shobana, additional, Tahulela, T., additional, Vanisree, C.R., additional, Vidyadharani, G., additional, and Yasmeen, Tahira, additional
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- 2022
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4. Genomics in understanding bioremediation of inorganic pollutants
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Aziz, Abdul, primary, Yasmeen, Tahira, additional, Tariq, Mohsin, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, Shahzad, Sher Muhammad, additional, Riaz, Muhammad, additional, Ali, Shafaqat, additional, and Rizwan, Muhammad, additional
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- 2021
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5. Recent Advances in Arsenic Accumulation in Rice
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Shakoor, Muhammad Bilal, primary, Riaz, Muhammad, additional, Niazi, Nabeel Khan, additional, Ali, Shafaqat, additional, Rizwan, Muhammad, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, and Arif, Muhammad, additional
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- 2019
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6. Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rice
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Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan, primary, Iqbal, Muhammad, additional, Rasheed, Rizwan, additional, Hussain, Iqbal, additional, Mubarik, Muhammad Salman, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, and Riaz, Muhammad, additional
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- 2019
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7. Biotechnological Tools in the Remediation of Cadmium Toxicity
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Yasmeen, Tahira, primary, Li, Airong, additional, Iqbal, Shahid, additional, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, Riaz, Muhammad, additional, Shahzad, Sher Muhammad, additional, and Ali, Shafaqat, additional
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- 2019
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8. A Comprehensive Review on Rice Responses and Tolerance to Salt Stress
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Riaz, Muhammad, primary, Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional, Ashraf, Muhammad Arslan, additional, Mahmood, Rashid, additional, Yasmeen, Tahira, additional, Shakoor, Muhammad Bilal, additional, Shahzad, Sher Muhammad, additional, Ali, Muhammad, additional, Saleem, Iram, additional, Arif, Muhammad, additional, and Fahad, Shah, additional
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- 2019
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9. Environmental Stress and Secondary Metabolites in Plants
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Ashraf, Muhammad A., primary, Iqbal, Muhammad, additional, Rasheed, Rizwan, additional, Hussain, Iqbal, additional, Riaz, Muhammad, additional, and Arif, Muhammad Saleem, additional
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- 2018
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10. Corrigendum to "Could soil microplastic pollution exacerbate climate change? A meta-analysis of greenhouse gas emissions and global warming potential" [Environ. Res. 252 (2024) 118945/ ER-23-14694R1].
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Iqbal S, Xu J, Arif MS, Shakoor A, Worthy FR, Gui H, Khan S, Bu D, Nadir S, and Ranjitkar S
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- 2024
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11. Does no-till crop management mitigate gaseous emissions and reduce yield disparities: An empirical US-China evaluation.
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Shakoor A, Pendall E, Arif MS, Farooq TH, Iqbal S, and Shahzad SM
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- United States, Carbon Dioxide analysis, Nitrous Oxide analysis, Agriculture methods, Soil, Edible Grain chemistry, China, Methane analysis, Gases, Greenhouse Gases
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Global agricultural systems face one of the greatest sustainability challenges: meeting the growing demand for food without leaving a negative environmental footprint. United States (US) and China are the two largest economies and account for 39 % of total global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere. No-till is a promising land management option that allows agriculture to better adapt and mitigate climate change effects compared to traditional tillage. However, the efficacy of no-till for mitigating GHG is still debatable. In this meta-analysis, we comprehensively assess the impact of no-till (relative to traditional tillage) on GHG mitigation potential and crop productivity in different agroecological systems and management regimes in the US and China. Overall, no-till in China did not change crop yields, although soil CO
2 (8 %) and N2 O (12 %) emissions decreased significantly, while soil CH4 emissions increased by 12 %. In contrast to Chinese no-till, a significant improvement in crop yields (up to 12 %) was recorded on US cropland under no-till. Moreover, significant decreases in soil N2 O (21 %) and CH4 (12 %) emissions were observed. Of the three cropping systems, only wheat showed significant reduction in CO2 , N2 O and CH4 emissions in the Chinese no-till system. In the case of US, no-till soybean-rice and maize cropping systems demonstrated significant emission reductions for N2 O and CO2 , respectively. Interestingly, yields of no-till maize in China and rice in US exceeded those of other no-till cereals. In China, no-till on medium-texture soils resulted in significant reductions in GHG emissions and higher crop yields compared to other soil types. In both countries, the relatively higher crop yields under irrigated versus non-irrigated no-till and the significant yield differences on fine textured soils under US no-till are likely due to the substantial N2 O reductions. In summary, crop yield disparities from no-till between China and the US were related to the insignificant effects on controlling CH4 emissions and successfully mitigating N2 O, respectively. This study comprehensively demonstrates how cropping system and pedoclimatic conditions influence the relative effectiveness of no-till in both countries., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2024
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12. Abandoned agriculture soil can be recultivated by promoting biological phosphorus fertility when amended with nano-rock phosphate and suitable bacterial inoculant.
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Yasmeen T, Arif MS, Shahzad SM, Riaz M, Tufail MA, Mubarik MS, Ahmad A, Ali S, Albasher G, and Shakoor A
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In semi-arid regions, post-restoration vegetation recovery on abandoned agricultural lands often fails due to inherently low organic matter content and poor soil fertility conditions, including phosphorus (P). As such, amending these soils with controlled release P fertilizer, especially with suitable P solubilizing bacteria (PSB) may promote plant growth and productivity by stimulating biological P fertility. To this aim, a pot study was performed to evaluate the agronomic potential of maize and soil biological P pools, using encapsulated (ENRP) and non-encapsulated (NRP) nano-rock phosphate as the P fertilizer source, on reclaimed agricultural soil in the presence and absence of PSB inoculant. The experiment was setup following a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement with four replicates. Without PSB, NRP treatment showed marginal positive effects on plant growth, P nutrition and P use efficiency (PUE) compared to control treatment. Although larger gains with NRP treatment were more noticeable under PSB inoculation, ENRP was the most convenient slow-release P fertilizer, increasing plant growth, P nutrition and grain yield compared to all treatments. Importantly, PSB inoculation with ENRP resulted in significantly higher increase in soil CaCl
2 -P (8.91 mg P kg soil-1 ), citrate-P (26.98 mg P kg soil-1 ), enzyme-P (18.98 mg P kg soil-1 ), resin-P (11.41 mg P kg soil-1 ), and microbial-P (18.94 mg P kg soil-1 ), when compared to all treatment combinations. Although a decrease in soil HCl-P content was observed with both types of P fertilizer, significant differences were found only with PSB inoculation. A significant increase in soil biological P pools could be due to the higher specific area and crystalline structure of nano materials, providing increased number of active sites for PSB activity in the presence of biobased encapsulated shell. Furthermore, the increase in PSB abundance, higher root carboxylate secretions, and decreased rhizosphere pH in response to nano-structured P fertilizer, implies greater extension of rhizosphere promoting greater P mobilization and/or solubilization, particularly under PSB inoculated conditions. We conclude that cropping potential of abandoned agricultural lands can be enhanced by the use of nano-rock phosphate in combination with PSB inoculant, establishing a favorable micro-environment for higher plant growth and biochemical P fertility., (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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13. Do soil conservation practices exceed their relevance as a countermeasure to greenhouse gases emissions and increase crop productivity in agriculture?
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Shakoor A, Dar AA, Arif MS, Farooq TH, Yasmeen T, Shahzad SM, Tufail MA, Ahmed W, Albasher G, and Ashraf M
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- Agriculture, Animals, Crop Production, Fertilizers analysis, Manure, Methane analysis, Nitrous Oxide analysis, Soil, Swine, Greenhouse Gases
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Globally, agriculture sector is the significant source of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions into the atmosphere. To achieve the goal of limiting or mitigating these emissions, a rigorous abatement strategy with an additional focus on improving crop productivity is now imperative. Replacing traditional agriculture with soil conservation-based farming can have numerous ecological benefits. However, most assessments only consider improvements in soil properties and crop productivity, and often preclude the quantitative impact analysis on GHGs emissions. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate crop productivity (i.e., biomass, grain, total yield) and GHGs emissions (i.e., CO
2 , N2 O, CH4 ) for three major soil conservation practices i.e., no-tillage, manures, and biochar. We also examined the yield potential of three major cereal crops (i.e., wheat, rice, maize) and their significance in mitigating GHGs emissions. None of the manures were able to reduce GHGs emissions, with poultry manure being the largest contributor to all GHGs emissions. However, pig-manure had the greatest impact on crop yield while emitting the least CO2 emissions. Use of biochar showed a strong coupling effect between reduction of GHGs (i.e., CH4 by -37%; N2 O by -25%; CO2 by -5%) and the increase in crop productivity. In contrast, no-tillage resulted in higher GHGs emissions with only a marginal increase in grain yield. Depending on crop type, all cereal crops showed varied degrees of GHGs mitigation under biochar application, with wheat responding most strongly due to the additional yield increment. The addition of biochar significantly reduced CO2 and N2 O emissions under both rainfed and irrigated conditions, although CH4 reductions were identical in both agroecosystems. Interestingly, the use of biochar resulted in a greater yield benefit in rainfed than in irrigated agriculture. Despite significant GHGs emissions, manure application contributed to higher crop yields, regardless of soil type or agroecosystem. Moreover, no-tillage showed a significant reduction in CH4 and N2 O emissions under rainfed and irrigated conditions. Notably , biochar application in coarse while no-till in fine textured soils contributed to N2 O mitigation. Most importantly, effectiveness of no-tillage as a countermeasure to GHGs emissions while providing yield benefits is inconsistent. Overall, the decision to use farm manures should be reconsidered due to higher GHGs emissions. We conclude that the use of biochar could be an ideal way to reduce GHGs emissions. However, further understanding of the underlying mechanisms and processes affecting GHGs emissions is needed to better understand the feedback effects in conservation agriculture., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)- Published
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14. Does biochar accelerate the mitigation of greenhouse gaseous emissions from agricultural soil? - A global meta-analysis.
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Shakoor A, Arif MS, Shahzad SM, Farooq TH, Ashraf F, Altaf MM, Ahmed W, Tufail MA, and Ashraf M
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- Agriculture, Charcoal, Soil, Greenhouse Gases
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Greenhouse gaseous (GHGs) emissions from cropland soils are one of the major contributors to global warming. However, the extent and pattern of these climatic breakdowns are usally determined by the management practices in-place. The use of biochar on cropland soils holds a great promise for increasing the overall crop productivity. Nevertheless, biochar application to agricultural soils has grown in popularity as a strategy to off-set the negative feedback associated with agriculture GHGs emissions, i.e., CO
2 (carbon dioxide), CH4 (methane), and N2 O (nitrous oxide). Despite increasing efforts to uncover the potential of biochar to mitigate the farmland GHGs effects, there has been little synthesis of how different types of biochar affect GHGs fluxes from cropland soils under varied experimental conditions. Here, we presented a meta-analysis of the interactions between biochar and GHGs emissions across global cropland soils, with field experiments showing the strongest GHG mitigation potential, i.e. CO2 (RR = -0.108) and CH4 (RR = -0.399). The biochar pyrolysis temperature, feedstock, C: N ratio, and pH were also found to be important factors influencing GHGs emissions. A prominent reduction in N2 O (RR = -0.13) and CH4 (RR = -1.035) emissions was observed in neutral soils (pH = 6.6-7.3), whereas acidic soils (pH ≤ 6.5) accounted for the strongest mitigation effect on CO2 compared to N2 O and CH4 emissions. We also found that a biochar application rate of 30 t ha-1 was best for mitigating GHGs emissions while achieving optimal crop yield. According to our meta-analysis, maize crop receiving biochar amendment showed a significant mitigation potential for CO2 , N2 O, and CH4 emissions. On the other hand, the use of biochar had shown significant impact on the global warming potential (GWP) of total GHGs emissions. The current data synthesis takes the lead in analyzing emissions status and mitigation potential for three of the most common GHGs from cropland soils and demonstrates that biochar application can significantly reduce the emissions budget from agriculture., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2021
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15. Fresh and composted industrial sludge restore soil functions in surface soil of degraded agricultural land.
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Arif MS, Riaz M, Shahzad SM, Yasmeen T, Ashraf M, Siddique M, Mubarik MS, Bragazza L, and Buttler A
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A field study was conducted to test the potential of 5-year consecutive application of fresh industrial sludge (FIS) and composted industrial sludge (CIS) to restore soil functions at surface (0-15cm) and subsurface (15-30cm) of the degraded agricultural land. Sludge amendments increased soil fertility parameters including total organic carbon (TOC), soil available nitrogen (SAN), soil available phosphorus (SAP) and soil available potassium (SAK) at 0-15cm depth. Soil enzyme activities i.e. dehydrogenase (DHA), β-glucosidase (BGA) and alkaline phosphatase (ALp) were significantly enhanced by FIS and CIS amendments in surface soil. However, urease activity (UA) and acid phosphatase (ACp) were significantly reduced compared to control soil. The results showed that sludge amendments significantly increased microbial biomass nitrogen (MBN) and microbial biomass phosphorus (MBP) at both soil depth, and soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) only at 0-15cm depth. Significant changes were also observed in the population of soil culturable microflora (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) with CIS amendment in surface soil suggesting persistence of microbial activity owing to the addition of organic matter source. Sludge amendments significantly reduced soil heavy metal concentrations at 0-15cm depth, and the effect was more pronounced with CIS compared to unamended control soil. Sludge amendments generally had no significant impact on soil heavy metal concentrations in subsoil. Agronomic viability test involving maize was performed to evaluate phytotoxicity of soil solution extract at surface and sub-surface soil. Maize seeds grown in solution extract (0-15cm) from sludge treated soil showed a significant increase of relative seed germination (RSG), relative root growth (RRG) and germination index (GI). These results suggested that both sludge amendments significantly improved soil properties, however, the CIS amendment was relatively more effective in restoring soil functions and effectively immobilizing wastewater derived heavy metals compared to FIS treatment., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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16. Isolating, screening and applying chromium reducing bacteria to promote growth and yield of okra (Hibiscus esculentus L.) in chromium contaminated soils.
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Maqbool Z, Asghar HN, Shahzad T, Hussain S, Riaz M, Ali S, Arif MS, and Maqsood M
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- Bacteria drug effects, Bacteria isolation & purification, Chromium analysis, Chromium toxicity, Soil chemistry, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants toxicity, Abelmoschus growth & development, Bacteria metabolism, Chromium metabolism, Soil Pollutants metabolism
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Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)], extensively used in different industries, is one of the most toxic heavy metals. The Cr (VI) reducing bacteria could be helpful in decreasing its toxic effects. The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential of Cr (VI) reducing bacteria to improve growth and yield of okra (Hibiscus esculentus L.) in Cr-contaminated soils. Most of the selected bacterial isolates significantly increased the growth and yield of okra. Maximum response was observed in the plants inoculated with the isolate K12 where plant height, root length, fruit weight and number of fruits per plant increased up to 77.5 percent, 72.6 percent, 1.4 fold and 2.9 fold, respectively. Moreover, inoculation with bacteria caused significant decrease in Cr (VI) concentration in soil and plant parts across all treatments. The maximum decrease of 69.6, 56.1 and 40.0 percent in Cr (VI) concentrations in soil, plant vegetative parts and plant reproductive parts, respectively, was observed in the treatment inoculated with the strain K12. Based on amplification, sequencing and analysis of 16S rDNA sequence, the strain K12 was found belonging to genus Brucella and was designated as Brucella sp. K12. These findings suggest that the strain K12 may serve as a potential bioresource to improve crop production in Cr-contaminated soils., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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17. Proteus mirabilis alleviates zinc toxicity by preventing oxidative stress in maize (Zea mays) plants.
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Islam F, Yasmeen T, Riaz M, Arif MS, Ali S, and Raza SH
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- Antioxidants metabolism, DNA, Bacterial genetics, DNA, Bacterial metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Proteus mirabilis genetics, Proteus mirabilis isolation & purification, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S metabolism, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Zea mays growth & development, Zea mays metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Proteus mirabilis physiology, Soil Pollutants toxicity, Zea mays drug effects, Zea mays microbiology, Zinc toxicity
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Plant-associated bacteria can have beneficial effects on the growth and health of their host. However, the role of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR), under metal stress, has not been widely investigated. The present study investigated the possible mandatory role of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in protecting plants from zinc (Zn) toxicity. The exposure of maize plants to 50µM zinc inhibited biomass production, decreased chlorophyll, total soluble protein and strongly increased accumulation of Zn in both root and shoot. Similarly, Zn enhanced hydrogen peroxide, electrolyte leakage and lipid peroxidation as indicated by malondaldehyde accumulation. Pre-soaking with novel Zn tolerant bacterial strain Proteus mirabilis (ZK1) isolated zinc (Zn) contaminated soil, alleviated the negative effect of Zn on growth and led to a decrease in oxidative injuries caused by Zn. Furthermore, strain ZK1 significantly enhanced the activities of catalase, guaiacol peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbic acid but lowered the Proline accumulation in Zn stressed plants. The results suggested that the inoculation of Zea mays plants with P. mirabilis during an earlier growth period could be related to its plant growth promoting activities and avoidance of cumulative damage upon exposure to Zn, thus reducing the negative consequences of oxidative stress caused by heavy metal toxicity., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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18. Influence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as PGPR on oxidative stress tolerance in wheat under Zn stress.
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Islam F, Yasmeen T, Ali Q, Ali S, Arif MS, Hussain S, and Rizvi H
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- Biodegradation, Environmental, Chlorophyll analysis, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Oxidation-Reduction, Plant Leaves enzymology, Plant Leaves metabolism, Plant Roots enzymology, Plant Roots growth & development, Plant Roots metabolism, Pseudomonas aeruginosa enzymology, Soil chemistry, Soil Pollutants analysis, Soil Pollutants metabolism, Soil Pollutants toxicity, Triticum chemistry, Triticum enzymology, Zinc analysis, Zinc metabolism, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology, Soil Microbiology, Triticum drug effects, Triticum microbiology, Zinc toxicity
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Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR), whose role is still underestimated, plays an important (or perhaps essential) role in improving plant growth. The comprehensive understanding of bacterial plant growth promoting mechanism helps to get sustainable agriculture production under biotic and abiotic stresses. In the present study, plant growth promoting (PGP) bacterial strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa having maximum inhibitory concentration of 1500mg kg(-1) against Zn was isolated from arable land, irrigated with industrial effluent and evaluated to determine it bioremediation potential. The study was mainly focused on plant biomass production, nutrient uptake and oxidative stress tolerance in relation to the activities of antioxidative enzymes and the content of non-enzymatic antioxidants. The oxidative stress tolerance was measured by estimating the MDA accumulation as well as H2O2 production in wheat plants under Zn (1000mg kg(-1)) stress and inoculation of soil with Zn resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Zn in rooting medium reduced the plant growth, leaf photosynthetic pigments as well as uptake of N and P. However, content of MDA and H2O2 increased at higher concentration of Zn. Inoculation of P. aeruginosa improved the uptake of P and N in wheat plants with an increase in leaf chlorophyll, total soluble protein and plant biomass production. Analysis of plant root and shoot disclosed that Zn concentration was significantly lowered in P. aeruginosa inoculated zinc stressed plants as compare to the plants grown under Zn stress only. The amelioration of adverse effects of Zn stress on biomass production due to P. aeruginosa inoculation was related with enhanced antioxidative enzyme activities (SOD, POD and CAT), and the contents of non-enzymatic components such as ascorbic acid and total phenolics (TPC) as compare to Zn-treated plants. The up-gradation in antioxidative defense mechanism, resulted a reduction in H2O2 and MDA content due to the scavenging of ROS by antioxidants. It was concluded that P. aeruginosa is an ideal candidate for bioremediation and wheat growth promotion against Zn-induced oxidative stress by improving the availability of necessary nutrient, eliciting antioxidant defense system as well as by lowering the Zn metal uptake., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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19. The influence of silicon on barley growth, photosynthesis and ultra-structure under chromium stress.
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Ali S, Farooq MA, Yasmeen T, Hussain S, Arif MS, Abbas F, Bharwana SA, and Zhang G
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- Chlorophyll analysis, Chloroplasts metabolism, Chromium analysis, Fluorescence, Hordeum chemistry, Hordeum growth & development, Hordeum metabolism, Hordeum ultrastructure, Hydroponics, Plant Leaves drug effects, Plant Roots drug effects, Plant Roots ultrastructure, Chromium toxicity, Hordeum drug effects, Photosynthesis drug effects, Silicon pharmacology, Stress, Physiological drug effects
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Silicon (Si) is generally considered as a benefic element for higher plants, especially for those grown under abiotic stressed environments. Current study is carried out in a hydroponic experiment to analyze the effect of Si application on barley growth, photosynthesis and ultra-structure under chromium (Cr) stress. The treatments consisted of three Si (0, 1 and 2mM) and two Cr (0 and 100 μM) levels. The results showed that Si application at both levels enhanced plant growth relative to the control, and alleviated Cr toxicity, reflected by significant increase in growth and photosynthetic parameters, such as SPAD value, net photosynthetic rate (P(n)), cellular CO(2) concentration (C(i)), stomatal conductance (G(s)) and transpiration rate (T(r)), and chlorophyll fluorescence efficiency (Fv/Fm), with 2mM Si having greater effect than 1mM Si. Cr stress caused ultra-structural disorders in leaves, such as uneven swelling of chloroplast, increased amount of plastoglobuli, disintegrated and disappeared thylakoid membranes, increased size and number of starch granules in leaves, and root ultra-structural modification, including increased vacuolar size, presence of Cr metal in cell walls and vacuoles, disruption and disappearance of nucleus. Exogenous Si alleviated these ultra-structural disorders both in roots and leaves. Apparently, Si and Cr behaved antagonistically, indicating that Si could be a candidate for Cr detoxification in crops under Cr-contaminated soil., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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