Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Taufika Islam Anee, Masayuki Fujita
Cadmium (Cd) brings a devastating health hazard to human being as a serious consequence of agricultural and environmental contamination. We demonstrated the protective effect of silicon (Si) on cadmium (Cd)-stressed rapeseed (Brassica napus L. cv. BINA Sharisha 3) plants through regulation of antiox...
Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Md. Mezanur Rahman, Md. Mesbah Uddin Ansary, Sanjida Sultana Keya et al.
Accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and their destructive effects on cellular organelles are the hallmark features of plants exposed to abiotic stresses. Plants are well-equipped with defensive mechanisms like antioxidant systems to deal with ROS-induced oxidative stress. Silicon has been...
Mohammad Golam Kibria, Mahmud Hossain, Yoshiyuki Murata, Md. Anamul Hoque
In order to elucidate the role of antioxidant responses in salinity tolerance in rice genotypes under salt stress, experiments were conducted using four rice varieties, including salt-sensitive BRRI dhan 28 and three salt-tolerant varieties BRRI dhan 47, BINA dhan 8 and BINA dhan 10. Thirty-day-old ...
Anisur Rahman, Marie Vahter, Eva‐Charlotte Ekström, Lars Åke Persson
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported associations between prenatal arsenic exposure and increased risk of infant mortality. An increase in infectious diseases has been proposed as the underlying cause of these associations, but there is no epidemiologic research to support the hypothesis. OBJE...
Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Shah Fahad, Shahid Ullah Khan, Mairaj Din et al.
Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), one of the oldest cultivated crops, continues to be widely grown for oil, fiber and food. Furthermore, the plants show a metal tolerance dependent on species so is ideal for research. Present study was conducted to find out the influence of copper (Cu) toxicity on plan...
Naser A. Anjum, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, P. Thangavel et al.
Varied environmental compartments including soils are being contaminated by a myriad toxic metal(loid)s (hereafter termed as "metal/s") mainly through anthropogenic activities. These metals may contaminate food chain and bring irreparable consequences in human. Plant-based approach (phytoremediation...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Taufika Islam Anee, Maryam Khan et al.
Drought stress is considered as a major constraint for the production of crops around the world; therefore we need some mechanistic strategies to cope drought stress adverse effects. Silicon (Si) plays a vital role in major physiological, metabolic, and/or functional roles in plants facing abiotic s...
Maria Greger, Ahmad Humayan Kabir, Tommy Landberg, Pooja Jha Maity et al.
Cadmium (Cd) is a health threat all over the world and high Cd content in wheat causes high Cd intake. Silicon (Si) decreases cadmium content in wheat grains and shoot. This work investigates whether and how silicate (Si) influences cadmium (Cd) uptake at the cellular level in wheat. Wheat seedlings...
Gareth J. Norton, Alex Douglas, Brett Lahner, Elena Yakubova et al.
The mineral concentrations in cereals are important for human health, especially for individuals who consume a cereal subsistence diet. A number of elements, such as zinc, are required within the diet, while some elements are toxic to humans, for example arsenic. In this study we carry out genome-wi...
Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Masayuki Fujita, Lam‐Son Phan Tran
In this study, we examined the possible mechanisms of trehalose (Tre) in improving copper-stress (Cu-stress) tolerance in rice seedlings. Our findings indicated that pretreatment of rice seedlings with Tre enhanced the endogenous Tre level and significantly mitigated the toxic effects of excessive C...
Muhammad Rizwan, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, Muhammad Zulfiqar Ahmad, Muhammad Imtiaz et al.
Soil contamination with nickel (Ni) is a persistent threat to crop production worldwide. The present study examined the putative roles of nitric oxide (NO) in improving Ni-tolerance in rice. Our findings showed that application of exogenous sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a NO donor, significantly impro...
Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Shafaqat Ali, Muzammal Rehman, Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al.
Jute (Corchorus capsularis) is a widely cultivated fibrous species with important physiological characteristics including biomass, a deep rooting system, and tolerance to metal stress. Furthermore, Corchorus species are indigenous leafy vegetables and show phytoremediation potential for different he...
Anisur Rahman, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Jubayer-Al Mahmud, Kamrun Nahar et al.
Hydroponically grown 12-day-old rice ( Oryza sativa L. cv. BRRI dhan47) seedlings were exposed to 150 mM NaCl alone and combined with 0.5 mM MnSO 4 . Salt stress resulted in disruption of ion homeostasis by Na + influx and K + efflux. Higher accumulation of Na + and water imbalance under salinity ca...
Arif Hasan Khan Robin, C. Matthew, Md. Jasim Uddin, Khandaker Nafiz Bayazid
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of salinity stress on root growth at the phytomer level in wheat to provide novel site-specific understanding of salinity damage in roots. Seedlings of 13 wheat varieties were grown hydroponically. Plants were exposed to three concentrations of NaC...
Gareth J. Norton, Shannon R. M. Pinson, Jill Alexander, Susan McKay et al.
• Inorganic arsenic (As(i) ) in rice (Oryza sativa) grains is a possible threat to human health, with risk being strongly linked to total dietary rice consumption and consumed rice As(i) content. This study aimed to identify the range and stability of genetic variation in grain arsenic (As) in rice....