The effect of cadmium on soil and plants, and the influence of Serendipita indica (Piriformospora indica) in mitigating cadmium stress.

Due to environmental pollution, the risk of cadmium stress for crops is soaring, so researchers are exploring inexpensive solutions to enhance cultivated crops in contaminated soil. Using microorganisms to reduce cadmium risk has been one of the most effective strategies in recent decades. Serendipita indica (Piriformospora indica) is one of the best endophyte fungi that, in addition to reducing heavy metal stress for crops, can significantly reduce the threat of other abiotic stresses.

Correction: Boorboori, M.R.; Zhang, H.-Y. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Are an Influential Factor in Improving the Phytoremediation of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Chromium. 2022, 176.

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Effect of biochar application rate on changes in soil labile organic carbon fractions and the association between bacterial community assembly and carbon metabolism with time.

Biochar aging affects the stability of soil carbon. Analyzing the effect of biochar on soil organic carbon (SOC) forms and their relations with microbial community assembly and carbon metabolism with time is helpful for soil carbon sequestration (by adapting the farm management approach). Four treatments with no, low, medium, and high biochar application rates (0 %, 1 %, 2 %, and 4 % of the total dry weight of topsoil before winter wheat planting, abbreviated as control, LB, MB, and HB, respectively) were conducted in the field.

The Role of () in Improving Plant Resistance to Drought and Salinity Stresses.

Plant stress is one of the biggest threats to crops, causing irreparable damage to farmers' incomes; Therefore, finding suitable, affordable, and practical solutions will help the agricultural economy and prevent the loss of millions of tons of agricultural products. Scientists have taken significant steps toward improving farm productivity in the last few decades by discovering how beneficial soil microorganisms enhance plant resistance to environmental stresses. Among these microorganisms is , which the benefits of coexisting this fungus with plant roots have been extensively explored in recent years.

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Are an Influential Factor in Improving the Phytoremediation of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Chromium.

The increasing expansion of mines, factories, and agricultural lands has caused many changes and pollution in soils and water of several parts of the world. In recent years, metal(loid)s are one of the most dangerous environmental pollutants, which directly and indirectly enters the food cycle of humans and animals, resulting in irreparable damage to their health and even causing their death. One of the most important missions of ecologists and environmental scientists is to find suitable solutions to reduce metal(loid)s pollution and prevent their spread and penetration in soil and groundwater.

Comparison of Silicon-Evoked Responses on Arsenic Stress between Different Dular Rice Genotypes.

Arsenic is one of the most hazardous metalloids in nature, and due to its high water solubility, it is one of the most important causes of pollution. However, silicon reduces the uptake and transport of arsenic in rice. This study investigates the interaction of different arsenic and silicon levels on dry weight, protein content, and concentrations of arsenic and silicon in two different rice shoots and roots of Dular wild-type (DU-WT) and Dular Lsi1-overexpressed (DU-OE) rice.

The appearance of volatile aromas in Tieguanyin tea with different elevations.

Chinese people have consistentlypreferred high mountain tea because specific flavors are memorable for them, and also, people have traditionally considered this type of tea to be good for health. Tieguanyin is one of the famous traditional Chinese tea that has ever-changing aromas. To illustrate the various characteristics in volatile fragment compounds from Tieguanyin tea, fresh tea leaves collected from different elevations (450, 650, and 900 m) were detected using GC-MS by solid-liquid extraction.

Transcriptome analysis of Pseudostellaria heterophylla in response to the infection of pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum.

Background: Pseudostellaria heterophylla (P. heterophylla), a herbaceous perennial, belongs to Caryophyllaceae family and is one of the Chinese herbal medicine with high pharmacodynamic value. It can be used to treat the spleen deficiency, anorexia, weakness after illness and spontaneous perspiration symptoms.