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ArticleScientific reports2025

Enhancing cadmium stress tolerance in mungbean through foliar application of selenium nanoparticles by modulating photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidative mechanisms.

Komal Fatima, Kamran Ashraf, Nida Jamshaid, Taiba Rauf, Sobia Tabassum, Afzal Hussain, Maryyam Ali, Zaira Ahmad, Khawar Sultan, Alanoud T Alfagham and 3 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Co-application of selenium nanoparticles andFrontiers in plant science · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Komal FatimaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Kamran AshrafState Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, PR China.
Nida JamshaidDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Taiba RaufDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Sobia TabassumDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Afzal HussainDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Maryyam AliDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Zaira AhmadDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Khawar SultanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
Alanoud T AlfaghamDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Manzer H SiddiquiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Saud AlamriDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Qamar Uz ZamanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan. qamar.zaman1@envs.uol.edu.pk.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cadmium (Cd) contamination has become a major environmental issue and has toxic effects on agricultural crops. Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element that plays an important role due to its impact on several physiological and biochemical processes in plants. This study addresses the mechanistic insights into the role of SeNPs in enhancing Cd stress tolerance, thereby contributing to sustainable nano-agronomic strategies for the soils contaminated with heavy metals (HMs). The current experimental approach involved a pot trial conducted in a greenhouse with two levels of cadmium stress (C

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AntioxidantsCadmiumNanoparticlesPhotosynthesisSeleniumStress, PhysiologicalVignaLipid PeroxidationPlant LeavesSoil PollutantsAntioxidantsCadmiumSeleniumSoil PollutantsBiomassCd accumulationCd stressMembrane damagePhotosynthetic efficiencyProlineYield components

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PMID40890187
PMCPMC12402079

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