Germination and biological adaptation approaches as salt-stress tolerance process in selected paddy cultivars under salinity stress.

Cultivating productive paddy crops on salty soil to maximise production is a challenging approach to meeting the world's growing food demand. Thus, determining salinity tolerance rates in specific paddy cultivars is urgently needed. In this study, the salt tolerance traits of selected paddy cultivars, ADT45 and ADT39, were investigated by analysing germination, metabolites (pigments and biomolecules), and enzymatic (Superoxide dismutase (SOD), Catalase (CAT), and Peroxidase (POD) adaptation strategies as salt-stress tolerance mechanisms.

As assessment of shelf life increasing competence of pectin (Zucchini) based edible coating on tomatoes.

The most recent advancement in food packaging research involves improving the shelf life of perishable foods by utilising bio-based resources that are edible, eco-friendly, and biodegradable. The current study investigated the effect of edible pectin coating on mature green tomatoes to improve shelf life and storage properties. Zucchini pectin was used to make edible coating.

Remediation of phenanthrene by highly efficient CdS-SnS photocatalyst and its cytotoxic assessments.

Cadmium sulfide-tin sulfide (CdS-SnS) nanoparticles are a novel kind of photocatalyst. These CdS-SnS nanoparticles are synthesized and characterized using UV-Vis, FT-IR, XRD, SEM-EDX, and DLS techniques, to understand their size distribution, crystalline nature, morphology, shape, optical properties, and elemental composition. This research offers insight into the efficient photocatalytic degradation of Phenanthrene (PHE) using CdS-SnS.

Photocatalytic removal of benzo[a]pyrene and antibacterial efficacy of Graphitic Carbon Nitride-silver-nickel (g-CN-Ag-Ni) mediated nanocomposites.

A few PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) which are known to be pervasive and are of high priority are found to be detrimental pollutants having high potential in the destruction of the network. Hence, photocatalytic disintegration of these PAHs, namely benzo [a]pyrene, found in water is explored. A novel nanocomposite of Ag-Ni on g-CN was fabricated.

Metal accumulation and genetic adaptation of Oryza sativa to Cadmiun and Chromium heavy metal stress: A hydroponic and RAPD analyses.

This research was performed to assess the influence of Cd and Cr metals on growth, pigments, antioxidant, and genomic stability of Oryza sativa indica and Oryza sativa japonica were investigated under hydroponic conditions. The results revealed that significant metal influence on test crop growth, pigment content, metal stress balancing antioxidant activity in a dose dependent manner. Since, while at elevated (500 ppm) concentration of Cd as well as Cr metals the pigment (total chlorophyll, chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids) level was reduced than control; however antioxidant activity (total antioxidant, HO, and NO) was considerably improved as protective mechanisms to combat the metal toxicity and support the plant growth.