Soil contamination, caused by rapid human development, negatively affects the quality and quantity of food. Among the contaminants, heavy metals (HMs) are notorious because they cause harmful effects on humans, such as DNA ...

The essential and nonessential heavy metals zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr), respectively, are found in natural or cultivated areas as contaminants and can cause direct damage to vegetative propagation. A plant species Cucumis ...

Contamination of the soil by heavy metals has become a global environmental problem aggravated by increased anthropic activities. The accumulation of heavy metals in cultivation environments becomes increasingly frequent ...