Alleviation of cadmium toxicity in Zea mays L. through up-regulation of growth, antioxidant defense system and organic osmolytes under calcium supplementation

• Muhammad Kaleem,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, Government Associate College for Women Layyah, Layyah, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3237-4886

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• Farah Shabir,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Government Associate College for Women Layyah, Layyah, Pakistan

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• Iqbal Hussain ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: driqbal@gcuf.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, Government Associate College for Women Layyah, Layyah, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8449-0494

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• Mansoor Hameed,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Anam Mehmood,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Waseem Ashfaq,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Saima Riaz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, Government Associate College for Women Layyah, Layyah, Pakistan

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• Zarbakht Afzaal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Botany, Government Associate College for Women Layyah, Layyah, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Faisal Maqsood,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Ummar Iqbal,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Syed Mohsan Raza Shah,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Irshad

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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