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Exogenous spermine alleviates the negative effects of combined salinity and paraquat in tomato plants by decreasing stress-induced oxidative damage

Exogenous spermine application reduced leaf damage and improved photosynthetic function and growth of tomato plants under combined salinity and paraquat herbicide stress, with the protective effect attributed to decreased hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde accumulation.

2023 Frontiers in Plant Science 24 citations
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Involvement of Nitric Oxide and Melatonin Enhances Cadmium Resistance of Tomato Seedlings through Regulation of the Ascorbate–Glutathione Cycle and ROS Metabolism

Researchers found that melatonin and nitric oxide work together to enhance cadmium stress tolerance in tomato seedlings, with melatonin acting partly through nitric oxide signaling to reduce oxidative damage and support seedling growth under heavy metal stress.

2023 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 citations
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Dopamine alleviates cadmium stress in apple trees by recruiting beneficial microorganisms to enhance the physiological resilience revealed by high-throughput sequencing and soil metabolomics

Researchers found that applying dopamine to soil helped apple trees resist cadmium toxicity by reducing the accumulation of the heavy metal and harmful reactive oxygen species in the plants. The dopamine treatment also reshaped the soil microbial community, recruiting beneficial bacteria that further enhanced the trees' stress tolerance. The study suggests dopamine could serve as a practical tool for improving crop resilience in soils contaminated with heavy metals.

2023 Horticulture Research 29 citations
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Brassinolide as potential rescue agent for Pinellia ternata grown under microplastic condition: Insights into their modulatory role on photosynthesis, redox homeostasis, and AsA-GSH cycling

Researchers found that microplastic stress suppresses growth and photosynthesis in the medicinal plant Pinellia ternata while paradoxically boosting secondary metabolites, and that brassinolide treatment restores plant height and biomass by improving photosynthesis, antioxidant enzyme activity, and the ascorbate-glutathione cycle.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 31 citations
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Exogenously Applied Sodium Nitroprusside Alleviated Cadmium Toxicity in Different Aromatic Rice Cultivars by Improving Nitric Oxide Accumulation and Modulating Oxidative Metabolism

Researchers investigated whether spraying sodium nitroprusside, a compound that releases nitric oxide, could help aromatic rice plants cope with cadmium-contaminated soil. They found that the treatment reduced oxidative stress markers in the plants and improved photosynthesis, yield, and grain quality across three rice varieties. The study suggests that nitric oxide supplementation may offer a practical approach for growing rice more safely in heavy metal-polluted agricultural areas.

2024 Agronomy 4 citations
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Influence of Fertilization on Growth and Lead Content of Pepper under Lead Stress

Researchers conducted a pot experiment using an orthogonal design to test the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and organic fertilizers on pepper growth and lead uptake under lead stress, finding that fertilization influenced both plant growth and metal distribution in plant tissues. Optimized fertilization strategies can reduce lead content in vegetable crops grown in contaminated soils.

2023 Plants 3 citations
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An Impact Of Microplastic And Microplastic + Lead Induced Toxicity On Growth Parameters And Chlorophyll Content Of Tomato Plant: (Comparison Study)

Researchers grew tomato plants in soil spiked with polyethylene microplastics alone and combined with lead nitrate at multiple concentrations to compare their toxicity. Both treatments reduced shoot length, fresh and dry weight, and chlorophyll content in a dose-dependent manner, with the combined microplastic-plus-lead treatment causing more severe harm than either pollutant alone.

2025 African Journal of Biomedical Research
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Melatonin Alleviates Antimony Toxicity by Regulating the Antioxidant Response and Reducing Antimony Accumulation in Oryza sativa L.

Researchers investigated whether melatonin, a natural antioxidant compound, could help rice plants cope with toxic antimony contamination. They found that applying melatonin reduced antimony uptake, decreased oxidative damage, and improved rice growth under antimony stress conditions. The study suggests that melatonin treatments could be a practical strategy for growing rice in soils contaminated with heavy metals.

2023 Antioxidants 22 citations
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Brassinosteroids alleviate nanoplastic toxicity in edible plants by activating antioxidant defense systems and suppressing nanoplastic uptake

Scientists discovered that nanoplastics accumulate in the edible parts of tomato plants, but treating the plants with a natural hormone called brassinosteroids reduced nanoplastic uptake and reversed the growth damage. The hormone works by turning off water-channel genes that nanoplastics use to enter the plant. This finding matters for food safety because it suggests a practical way to reduce the amount of nanoplastics people consume through fruits and vegetables.

2023 Environment International 64 citations
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Assessing the effects of 24-epibrassinolide and yeast extract at various levels on cowpea’s morphophysiological and biochemical responses under water deficit stress

Researchers studied how two natural growth-promoting compounds — 24-epibrassinolide (a plant hormone) and yeast extract — help cowpea plants survive water deficit stress at different dose levels. Their findings suggest these treatments can improve crop resilience in drought conditions, offering practical guidance for farmers facing increasingly unpredictable rainfall.

2023 BMC Plant Biology 16 citations
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The Promotion of Dark Septate Endophytes on the Performance and Active Ingredients Accumulation of Dendranthema morifolium Under Cd Stress

Dark septate endophyte (DSE) fungal inoculation of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema morifolium) under cadmium stress enhanced root biomass and promoted accumulation of medicinal active ingredients, suggesting DSE as a potential strategy for improving medicinal plant yields in heavy-metal-contaminated soils.

2025 Agronomy 2 citations
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Single and Combined Effect of Cd and Zn on Growth, Metal Accumulation and Mineral Nutrition in Tobacco Plants (Nicotiana tabacum L.)

Researchers tested how cadmium (a toxic heavy metal) and zinc interact when taken up by tobacco plants in contaminated soil, finding that adding zinc significantly reduced cadmium accumulation in the plants. This suggests zinc amendments to agricultural soil could be a practical strategy for reducing toxic metal uptake in food and tobacco crops.

2023 Journal of soil science and plant nutrition 4 citations
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Interaction of Lead and Cadmium Reduced Cadmium Toxicity in Ficus parvifolia Seedlings

Researchers found that lead-cadmium co-exposure in Ficus parvifolia seedlings unexpectedly reduced cadmium toxicity, with lead improving photosynthesis and mitigating the physiological damage typically caused by cadmium alone.

2023 Toxics 14 citations
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Impacts of root exudates on the toxic response of Chrysanthemum coronarium L. to the co-pollution of nanoplastic particles and tetracycline

Researchers grew Chrysanthemum coronarium under combined nanoplastic and tetracycline exposure and found synergistic oxidative damage and biomass reduction, with root exudates containing malic, oxalic, and formic acids found to partially alleviate toxicity by reducing reactive oxygen species levels.

2024 Environmental Pollution 7 citations
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Buckwheat responds to co-exposure to PLA microplastics and Pb by regulating the synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids and jasmonates

Researchers studied how buckwheat plants respond to combined exposure to biodegradable PLA microplastics and lead contamination in soil. They found that the combination was more damaging than either pollutant alone, reducing plant biomass by up to 50 percent, but the plants activated defense mechanisms by strengthening cell walls and producing protective compounds called jasmonates. The study provides new insights into how plants cope with the emerging problem of microplastic and heavy metal co-contamination in agricultural soils.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 7 citations
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Impact of Microplstic and Lead Toxicity on the Terrestrial Plants: a Critical Review

This review examines the toxic effects of microplastics and lead on terrestrial plants, synthesizing evidence that MPs modify soil physicochemical properties and enzymatic activity while lead disrupts root and shoot biomass, leaf development, and growth tolerance. Combined microplastic-lead exposure is found to be more damaging than either stressor alone, with implications for agricultural productivity in contaminated soils.

2025 International Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Allied Sciences
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Integrative Physiological and Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Mechanism of Cd Tolerance in Sinapis alba

This paper is not about microplastics; it uses transcriptomics and physiological measurements to understand how white mustard (Sinapis alba) tolerates cadmium heavy metal stress at the molecular level.

2023 Genes 6 citations
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Can RhizosphereEffects Mitigate the Threat from Nanoplasticsand Plastic Additives to Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)?

Researchers used a root-box system to examine how nanoplastics and the plasticizer DEHP interact in the rhizosphere of tomato plants, finding that DEHP dominated the plastic pollution risk to plants and that nanoplastic co-exposure did not mitigate DEHP toxicity to soil microorganisms but increased it for food safety.

2025 Figshare
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The Effects of Coexisting Elements (Zn and Ni) on Cd Accumulation and Rhizosphere Bacterial Community in the Soil-Tomato System

Researchers investigated how coexisting zinc and nickel affect cadmium accumulation in tomato plants and the rhizosphere bacterial community in contaminated agricultural soils, finding that elemental interactions meaningfully alter both Cd uptake by crops and the composition of soil microbial communities.

2023 Processes 4 citations
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Physiological and Cellular Ultrastructural Responses of Sesuvium portulacastrum under Cd Stress Grown Hydroponically

Researchers tested how the salt-tolerant plant Sesuvium portulacastrum responds to increasing concentrations of cadmium, a toxic heavy metal. The plant showed strong antioxidant defense mechanisms at lower cadmium levels but experienced significant cellular damage at higher concentrations, including disruption to chloroplasts and mitochondria. The findings suggest this species has moderate tolerance to heavy metal stress, which could make it useful for cleaning up contaminated environments.

2023 Plants 18 citations
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Combined Phytotoxicity of Microplastics andLead on the Growth and Physio-BiochemicalCharacteristics of Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Researchers grew tobacco plants in soil contaminated with both polyethylene microplastics and lead, finding that the combination caused greater damage to photosynthesis and plant growth than either pollutant alone, while microplastics partially reduced how much lead roots absorbed. The study shows that microplastic and heavy metal co-contamination — increasingly common in agricultural soils — poses compounding risks to crop health.

2025 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
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Foliar-Applied Selenium Nanoparticles Alleviate Cadmium Stress Through Changes in Physio-Biochemical Status and Essential Oil Profile of Coriander (Coriandrumsativum L.) Leaves

This study tested whether foliar application of selenium nanoparticles could help coriander plants resist the toxic effects of cadmium-contaminated soil, finding that selenium nanoparticles reduced cadmium uptake and protected plant physiology and essential oil quality. Protecting crops from heavy metal stress is increasingly important as agricultural soils receive combined contamination from metals and microplastics.

2021 Research Square (Research Square) 2 citations
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Bisphenol A contamination in irrigation water compromises tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) performance and food safety through oxidative and molecular stress pathway

Tomato plants irrigated with bisphenol A (BPA)-contaminated water exhibited oxidative stress, disrupted hormonal signalling, and reduced fruit quality. The findings indicate that BPA in reclaimed irrigation water can compromise both crop health and food safety through molecular stress pathways.

2025
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A Spatially‐Resolved Framework Reveals Contrasting Root and Leaf Strategies to Nanoplastic‐Arsenic Stress in Rice

This study used a new statistical framework to show that rice roots and leaves respond very differently when exposed to both nanoplastics and arsenic simultaneously: roots mount a straightforward additive defense, while leaves show complex antagonistic molecular interactions centred on iron storage. The finding is important for food safety because it reveals that standard toxicity tests on individual stressors may underestimate the risks posed by contaminant mixtures in food crops.

2026 Physiologia Plantarum