Raheel Khan, Muhammad Junaid Sarwar, Muhammad Shabaan, Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Usman Zulfiqar, Irfan Iftikhar, Nazish Aijaz, Fasih Ullah Haider, Talha Chaudhary, Walid Soufan
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination, owing to their potential links to various chronic diseases, poses a global threat to agriculture, environment, and human health. Nickel (Ni) is an essential element however, at higher concentration, it is highly phytotoxic, and affects major plant functions. Beneficial roles of plant growth regulators (PGRs) and organic amendments in mitigating the adverse impacts of HM on plant growth has gained the attention of scientific community worldwide. Here, we performed a greenhouse study to investigate the effect of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA @ 10- 5 M) and compost (1% w/w) individually and in combination in sustaining cauliflower growth and yield under Ni stress...
April 11, 2024: BMC Plant Biology