Claim · model-written summary
Combined application of Bacillus subtilis and silver nanoparticles increased wheat plant growth and biomass under arsenic toxicity.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- application of B . subtilis and Ag − NPse6
- Interactor
- B . subtilis
Bacillus subtilise6symbiont - Outcome
- plant growth and biomasse6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Comparator
- As toxicitye6
Verbatim
e0“in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) seedlings”
e6“The negative impact of As toxicity can overcome the application of B . subtilis and Ag − NPs, which ultimately increased plant growth and biomass by capturing the reactive oxygen species (ROS)”
Title
Mohammad K. Okla; Sadia Javed; Muhammad Faran Tahir; et al. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition 2025. doi:10.1007/s42729-025-02531-8
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Increasing soil arsenic significantly decreased wheat plant growth and biomass compared with no arsenic.
- Intervention effect Increasing soil arsenic significantly decreased photosynthetic pigments, gas exchange attributes and sugars in wheat.
- Intervention effect Increasing soil arsenic significantly decreased nutritional contents in wheat roots and shoots.
- Intervention effect Increasing soil arsenic significantly increased oxidative stress indicators in wheat: malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide and electrolyte leakage.
- Intervention effect Increasing soil arsenic increased organic acid exudation from the roots of wheat.
- Intervention effect Combined application of Bacillus subtilis and silver nanoparticles decreased oxidative stress in wheat under arsenic.
- Intervention effect Combined application of Bacillus subtilis and silver nanoparticles decreased arsenic contents in wheat roots and shoots.
- Mechanism Capturing reactive oxygen species is the mechanism by which the combined amendments increased wheat growth under arsenic.
- Intervention effect Combined application of Bacillus subtilis and silver nanoparticles balanced organic acid exudation in wheat under metal stress.