Mitigating cobalt toxicity in linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.): the role of ascorbic acid in enhancing pigments formation, antioxidant defense and gene expression
Collectively, our results showed that ascorbic acid decreased cobalt-induced toxicity by modifying morpho-physiological and biochemical aspects as well as gene expression of linseed.
Authors
- Komolitdin Sultonov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5820-5840)
- Mohd Asif Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2821-5423)
- Amal Mohamed AlGarawi
- Imran Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5586-3271)
- Muhammad Arshad Javed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9629-4215)
- Farwa Tariq
- Habib Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-0345)
- Hira Asif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3027-4518)
- Aleksandra O. Utkina
- Ghulam Abbas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1074-7530)
- Muhammad Bilawal Junaid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6767-794X)
- Seema Batool
- Jobborov Bakhrom
Institutions
- Chandigarh University (IN)
- Lovely Professional University (IN)
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RU)
- Tashkent State Agrarian University (UZ)
- Islamia University of Bahawalpur (PK)
- Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PK)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- King Saud University (SA)
- Kardan University (AF)
- Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (PK)
- University of Faisalabad (PK)
- Government College Women University Faisalabad (PK)
- National University of Uzbekistan (UZ)
- University of Education (PK)
- University of Agriculture Faisalabad (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-07661-w
- Primary Topic
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- King Saud University