Effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO) on antioxidant defense, lignin metabolism and cadmium subcellular distribution in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L) under low-dose cadmium stress (hormesis)

• Feng Gao ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: g295641465@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1507-3528

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• Chengkui Qiang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Peilin Tao,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Dan Cao,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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• Wujian Feng

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Xuzhou Vocational College of Bioengineering, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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