Integrative application of licorice root extract and melatonin improves faba bean growth and production in Cd-contaminated saline soil

Abstract Background Globally, salinity poses a threat to crop productivity by hindering plant growth and development via osmotic stress and ionic cytotoxicity. Plant extracts have lately been employed as exogenous adjuvants to improve endogenous plant defense mechanisms when grown under various envi...

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Main Authors: Shimaa A. Abd El Mageed, Ali A. S. Sayed, Ahmed Shaaban, Khaulood A. Hemida, Abdelsattar Abdelkhalik, Wael M. Semida, Ibrahim A. A. Mohamed, Mohammed A. H. Gyushi, Yasmine H. Abd Elmohsen, Taia A. Abd El Mageed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-01-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-024-05954-0