Foliar application of seed water extract of Nigella sativa improved maize growth in cadmium-contaminated soil

• Madiha Khadim Hussain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Abida Aziz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Hafiza Mamona Allah Ditta,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, The Women University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Farooq Azhar,

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forestry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Ahmed M. El-Shehawi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

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• Sajjad Hussain,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Noman Mehboob,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

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• Mubshar Hussain ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mubashiragr@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0696-6282

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• Shahid Farooq

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University, Şanlıurfa, Turkey

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