Kaneez Fatima

University of Management and Technology | UMT · school of science

With the advent rise is in urbanization and industrialization, heavy metals (HMs) such as lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) contamination have increased considerably. It is among the most recalcitrant pollutants majorly affecting the biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem like human well-being, animals, soil health, crop productivity, and diversit...

The textile industry releases significant amounts of azo dyes in aquatic bodies, which rigorously contributes to water pollution. Microorganisms effectively transform organic and inorganic pollutants into the lesser toxic form during the process of bioremediation with the aid of enzymes. Modern technology has exhibited remarkable advancement in las...

The symptoms of COVID-19 are acute and mostly people recovered from these after a specific time period. Although, a considerable percentage of patients around the globe were affected but Per our knowledge, study of post covid- 19 associated mental health symptoms found scarce. The present study was organized to inspect the frequency of long-term an...

Contamination of aquatic ecosystems with organic and inorganic contaminants is a global threat due to their hazardous effects on the environment and human health. Floating treatment wetland (FTW) technology is a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to existing treatment approaches. It consists of a buoyant mat in which wetland plants can grow...

Background: The lethal nature of obesity is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Since 17th-century anthropometric parameters are known as a quantitative measure of obesity, how it detects changes in the body and its effects on health. In the beginning, the classical parameters were used i.e., BMI,...

Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder and general public usually show unfavorable attitudes towards the patients. Objective: The study assesses the extent of public knowledge about Schizophrenia, a mental illness, among Pakistan's educated population and to recommend ways to create a better society for the patients and caretakers. Methods: 500...

Rhizoremediation is a cost effective and aesthetically pleasing technology for the remediation of diesel polluted environment. The influence of diesel fuel contamination on Lolium perenne with bacterial consortium (Microbacterium schleiferi and Bacillus subtilis) on plant growth and hydrocarbon degradation was investigated. In this study, three dif...

Nitric oxide (NO) has recently gained attention as a crucial regulator and signaling molecule in numerous plant processes, especially the functional response related to biotic and abiotic stress. The effects of NO are widespread in kingdom Plantae and it plays an important role in plant development from sprouting to aging. It also has a key contrib...

Environment protection is a critical issue for the sustainability of life. The level of pollutants from anthropogenic activities is a constant threat to the environment. Among these pollutants, pesticides are the important entities owing to their application in crop protection. Pesticides are available to combat herbs, insects, fungi, and bacteria....

Salinity is one of the major threats to agricultural productivity worldwide. Soil and plant management practices, along with inoculation with plant-beneficial bacteria, play a key role in the plant’s tolerance toward salinity stress. The present study demonstrates the potential of acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-producing plant growth promoting rhizo...

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria are known to improve plant performance by developing healthy and productive interactions with the host plants. These associations may be symbiotic or asymbiotic depending upon the genetic potential of the resident microbe and promiscuity of the host. Present study describes the potential of two Serratia spp. str...

Soil bacteria are very vital and they are frequently used in production of crop. Chemical dialogues between bacteria and plant roots result in the proliferation and biofilm formation of plant growth promoting and contaminant degrading bacteria. Plant-bacterial interactions in the rhizosphere are the determinants of plant health and soil fertility....

Ten plant species were grown in constructed wetlands (CWs) to remediate water containing 2% (w/v) crude oil. The plant species with better growth and biomass production were Typha latifolia and Cyperus laevigatus, and they were significantly correlated (R² = 0.91) with hydrocarbon degradation. From T. latifolia and C. laevigatus, 33 hydrocarbon-deg...

The adverse ecological and socio-economic effects of oil pollution demand that eco-friendly and proficient remediation technologies be devised as countermeasures. The synergistic use of plants and bacteria is considered as one of the efficient technologies for the remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil. In plant-bacterial synergism, plants host...

Phytoremediation is a promising approach for the cleanup of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. This study aimed to develop plant-bacterial synergism for the successful remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil. A consortia of three endophytic bacteria was augmented to two grasses, Leptochloa fusca and Brachiaria mutica, grown in oil-co...

The combined use of plants and bacteria is a promising approach for the remediation of soil contaminated with organic pollutants. Different biotic and abiotic factors can affect the survival and activity of the applied bacteria and consequently plant growth and phytoremediation efficiency. The effect of inoculum density on the abundance and express...

The combined use of plants and bacteria is a promising approach for the remediation of soil contaminated with organic pollutants. Different biotic and abiotic factors can affect the survival and activity of the applied bacteria and consequently plant growth and phytoremediation efficiency. The effect of inoculum density on the abundance and express...

Plants coupled with endophytic bacteria hold great potential for the remediation of polluted environment. The colonization patterns and activity of inoculated endophytes in rhizosphere and endosphere of host plant are among the primary factors that may influence the phytoremediation process. However, these colonization patterns and metabolic activi...

Different grasses and trees were tested for their growth in a crude oil contaminated soil. Three grasses, Lolium perenne, Leptochloa fusca, Brachiaria mutica, and two trees, Lecucaena leucocephala and Acacia ampliceps, were selected to investigate the diversity of hydrocarbon-degrading rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria. We found a higher number...

Prosopis juliflora is characterized by distinct and profuse growth even in nutritionally poor soil and environmentally stressed conditions and is believed to harbor some novel heavy metal-resistant bacteria in the rhizosphere and endosphere. This study was performed to isolate and characterize Cr-resistant bacteria from the rhizosphere and endosphe...