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Antioxidant Responses and Phytochemical Accumulation in Raphanus Species Sprouts through Elicitors and Predictive Models under High Temperature Stress

Researchers tested how edible and wild radish sprouts respond to high temperature stress when treated with various plant defense activators. The study found that specific combinations of elevated temperature and elicitor treatments could boost antioxidant capacity and beneficial plant compounds, suggesting strategies for maintaining crop nutritional quality as growing temperatures rise due to climate change.

2024 Antioxidants 6 citations
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Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability of Suaeda salsa From Different Habitats Are Demonstrated by Differentially Expressed Proteins and Their Enriched Pathways

Two color variants of the halophyte Suaeda salsa show differences in growth and chemical composition linked to their intertidal versus inland habitats. Protein expression analysis revealed that habitat-driven stress responses shape the plant's nutritional and ecological properties.

2021 Frontiers in Plant Science 10 citations
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Interpreting the potential of biogenic TiO2 nanoparticles on enhancing soybean resilience to salinity via maintaining ion homeostasis and minimizing malondialdehyde

Researchers found that titanium dioxide nanoparticles derived from plants helped soybean crops tolerate salt stress by improving water retention, boosting antioxidant defenses, and keeping beneficial minerals like potassium in balance — offering a potential tool for farming in salt-affected soils.

2025 Scientific Reports 14 citations
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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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Melatonin enhances salt tolerance in sorghum by modulating photosynthetic performance, osmoregulation, antioxidant defense, and ion homeostasis

Exogenous melatonin application was found to enhance salt tolerance in sorghum by improving photosynthetic performance and modulating antioxidant responses during salt stress. The findings suggest melatonin could be a practical tool for improving crop resilience under salinity conditions.

2023 Open Life Sciences 25 citations
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High Salinity Stimulates the Adaptive Response to Potassium Deficiency Through the Antioxidant and the NADPH-Generating Systems in the Roots and Leaves of the Halophyte Cakile maritima

Researchers investigated how simultaneous high salinity (400 mM NaCl) and potassium deficiency affect the halophyte Cakile maritima, finding that high salinity stimulates adaptive antioxidant and NADPH-generating responses in roots and leaves that partially compensate for potassium-deficient conditions over 15 days of hydroponic growth.

2022 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 16 citations
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Multi‐Omics Insights Into Phenylpropanoid and Lipid Barrier Biosynthesis in Maize Roots Under Salt and Microplastic Stresses

Researchers used transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses to investigate how polystyrene microplastics and salt stress — individually and in combination — affect phenylpropanoid and lipid barrier biosynthesis in maize seedling roots, finding that combined stresses alter molecular defence pathways in ways distinct from either stressor alone.

2025 Physiologia Plantarum
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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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Integrative phenotypic-transcriptomic analysis of soybean plants subjected to multifactorial stress combination

Researchers subjected soybean plants to combinations of three or more simultaneous abiotic stresses (multifactorial stress combination) and used integrative phenotypic-transcriptomic analysis to characterize responses, finding that MFSC caused more severe growth decline than any individual stress. The study identifies transcriptomic signatures of multifactorial stress and highlights how climate change-associated combined stressors threaten crop production.

2023 4 citations
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Ectopic Expression of AeNAC83, a NAC Transcription Factor from Abelmoschus esculentus, Inhibits Growth and Confers Tolerance to Salt Stress in Arabidopsis

Researchers found that the NAC transcription factor AeNAC83 from okra inhibits plant growth while conferring salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis, with gene silencing increasing biomass but reducing salt resistance, revealing a growth-stress tolerance trade-off mediated by this transcription factor.

2022 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 citations
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Combined transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed the toxicity mechanism of individual or combined of microplastic and salt stress on maize

Researchers studied how polystyrene microplastics combined with salt stress affect maize seedlings, finding that the combination reduced plant growth by nearly 74%, far worse than either stressor alone. Gene and metabolite analysis revealed that the combined stress severely disrupted energy production, antioxidant defenses, and hormone signaling in the plants. This is relevant to food security because microplastic-contaminated agricultural soils with high salt levels could dramatically reduce crop yields.

2025 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 9 citations
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As(III)-oxidizing bacteria alleviate arsenite toxicity via reducing As accumulation, elevating antioxidative activities and modulating ionome in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Researchers found that inoculating rice plants with arsenic-oxidizing bacteria significantly reduced arsenic accumulation in shoots, improved antioxidant defenses, and rebalanced nutrient uptake, suggesting a promising biological strategy to reduce arsenic stress in paddy agriculture.

2023 Research Square (Research Square)
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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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Effect of chilling and salinity stress on photosynthetic performance and ultrastructure of chloroplast in faba beans (Vicia faba L.) leaves

Researchers studied how chilling and salinity stress, individually and combined, affect photosynthesis and chloroplast structure in faba bean plants. The study found that while both stresses reduced photosynthetic performance, chilling exposure actually improved the plant's tolerance to salt stress by helping maintain chloroplast structure and stomatal function.

2023 RENDICONTI LINCEI 18 citations
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Transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in lettuce triggered by microplastics-stress

Researchers grew lettuce in water containing polystyrene microplastics and found that the particles accumulated in root tips and leaf veins, causing water loss stress and changes in gene expression. The plants responded by activating stress defense systems and altering their metabolism, including increased production of protective compounds in root secretions. This study provides molecular-level evidence that microplastics can stress food crops and change their biology, raising questions about the safety and nutritional quality of vegetables grown in contaminated environments.

2023 Environmental Pollution 107 citations
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Combined physiological and biochemical analysis and molecular biotechnology for atrazine residue reduction in soybeans

This study combined physiological, biochemical, and molecular biotechnology analyses to investigate the stress response of an organism or crop to a specific environmental challenge. The multi-level approach revealed coordinated cellular defense mechanisms at the gene expression and protein activity level.

2024 TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Salinity tolerance mechanisms and their breeding implications

Researchers reviewed cutting-edge plant breeding tools — including CRISPR gene editing, genomic mapping, and hyperspectral imaging — that help scientists develop crop varieties better able to tolerate salty soils, which is increasingly important as climate change threatens agricultural productivity.

2021 Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 57 citations
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Integrated Physiological, Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analyses of the Response of Rice to Aniline Toxicity

Researchers used physiological, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses to study how rice plants respond to aniline, a chemical pollutant derived from plastics and industrial processes. They found that low concentrations slightly promoted growth, but higher levels significantly inhibited rice development and activated stress response pathways. The study provides molecular-level insights into how this common industrial contaminant affects crop plants.

2025 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 3 citations
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Deciphering Pesticide Stress Responses in Rice Through Integrated Multi-Omic Assessment

This review synthesizes research on how pesticide exposure affects rice plants at the molecular level, drawing on transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies. Researchers found that pesticides trigger detoxification enzymes, alter antioxidant defenses, and reprogram metabolic pathways in rice. The study highlights how integrating multiple omics approaches can provide a more complete picture of pesticide stress responses in crops.

2026 Toxics
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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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Preliminary Analysis of the Salt-Tolerance Mechanisms of Different Varieties of Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.) Under Salt Stress

Despite its title referencing salt tolerance in dandelion varieties, this paper studies how dandelion plants respond to soil salt stress at the molecular and metabolic level — not microplastic pollution. It examines transcriptomic and metabolomic changes under salt conditions and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.

2025 Current Issues in Molecular Biology 1 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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Protective role of nano-selenium on Gymnocypris przewalskii under saline–alkaline stress: a comprehensive analysis of transcriptomics and metabolomics

Scientists studied a type of fish that lives in very salty, harsh water and found that tiny selenium particles helped protect the fish from stress and damage. The selenium particles worked by changing how the fish's genes and body chemistry responded to the difficult environment. While this study was done in fish, selenium is an important nutrient for humans too, and this research could help scientists better understand how selenium protects our bodies from environmental stress and damage.

2026 Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
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Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics reveal the role of calcium sugar alcohol in the regulation of phenolic acid biosynthesis in Torreya grandis nuts

Integrated metabolomics and transcriptomics analysis of Torreya grandis nuts revealed a new regulatory module—Ca2+-AP2-HCT—that links calcium-sugar alcohol signaling to phenolic acid biosynthesis, expanding understanding of how calcium fertilizers influence plant secondary metabolism.

2025 BMC Plant Biology 2 citations