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ArticleBMC plant biology2025

Physio-biochemical insights into Arsenic stress mitigation regulated by Selenium nanoparticles in Gossypium hirsutum L.

Muhammad Mahmood Ahmed, Muhammad Mukheed, Tuba Tariq, Murtaza Hasan, Muhammad Shaaban, Ghazala Mustafa, Mehrnaz Hatami

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Muhammad Mahmood AhmedDepartment of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan. mahmoodahmad@iub.edu.pk.
Muhammad MukheedDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Tuba TariqDepartment of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Murtaza HasanDepartment of Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan. murtaza@iub.edu.pk.
Muhammad ShaabanCollege of Agriculture, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
Ghazala MustafaDepatment of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
Mehrnaz HatamiDepartment of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, 38156-8-8349, Iran. m-hatami@araku.ac.ir.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arsenic is a nonessential toxic metalloid hampering the growth and development of plants. The cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is of great economic importance in the textile industry as well as in the production of edible oil. In developing countries, especially Pakistan, the export of cotton has a distinct position. However, there has been a significant decline in cotton production over the past few years due to climate change, heavy metals induction and biotic stresses. A notable decrease in cotton growth and product is observed in response to arsenic stress. Selenium nanoparticles (Se NPS) were prepared by green chemistry approach and characterized by UV-Vis, FTIR, and XRD to mitigate the heavy metals induced toxicity in cotton seedling. Results shows that arsenic toxicity causes a drastic decrease in photosynthesis, phenolics, proteins, growth of seedlings, relative water content, and overall plant biomass. However, these physio-biochemical attributes were upregulated by applications of Se NPs. Moreover, As stress causes severe oxidative damage by overproduction of MDA, H

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ArsenicGossypiumMetal NanoparticlesNanoparticlesSeleniumAntioxidantsOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesSeedlingsStress, PhysiologicalAntioxidantsArsenicReactive Oxygen SpeciesSeleniumArsenic stressCottonPhysio-biochemical attributesSe NPs

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PMCPMC12001592

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