Endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus modulates growth, oxidative stress, and cadmium accumulation in okra under salinity and heavy-metal stress

• Sobia Khan,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Salman Khan,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Afshan Afshan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Arif ,

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

  * E-mail: arif@awkum.edu.pk (MA); mamoona@awkum.edu.pk (MR); ahdayazb5@awkum.edu.pk (AA)

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2429-1899

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• Humaira Gul,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Hamayun,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Mamoona Rauf ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  * E-mail: arif@awkum.edu.pk (MA); mamoona@awkum.edu.pk (MR); ahdayazb5@awkum.edu.pk (AA)

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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• Douglas Law,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, INTI International University, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

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• Bandar M. Almunqedhi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-0588

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• Mohamed A. El-Tayeb,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-2696

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• Ahmed Othman Alsabih,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Waheed Ahmad,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Minnesota Dental Research Center for Biomaterials and Biomechanics, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Patricio R. De los Ríos-Escalante,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Núcleo de Estudios Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile

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• Ayaz Ahmad

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

  * E-mail: arif@awkum.edu.pk (MA); mamoona@awkum.edu.pk (MR); ahdayazb5@awkum.edu.pk (AA)

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-4735

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