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Nano-ZnO enhanced water use efficiency in drought-stressed maize.
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e2“In drought-stressed maize, the application of nano-ZnO (100 mg L−1) alleviated photosynthetic pigment degradation and benefited the stomatal movement, maintained a higher net photosynthetic rate, and enhanced water use efficiency”
Title
Luying Sun; Fengbin Song; Xiancan Zhu; et al. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2020. doi:10.1080/03650340.2020.1723003
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect Drought stress limited maize plant growth relative to well-watered maize.
- Intervention effect Drought stress caused stomatal closure in maize.
- Intervention effect Drought stress decreased the net photosynthetic rate of maize.
- Intervention effect Drought stress increased the osmolyte concentrations of maize.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO alleviated photosynthetic pigment degradation in drought-stressed maize.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO benefited stomatal movement in drought-stressed maize.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO maintained a higher net photosynthetic rate in drought-stressed maize.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO increased UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity by 17.8% in drought-stressed maize leaves.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO increased phosphoglucoisomerase activity by 391.5% in drought-stressed maize leaves.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO increased cytoplasmic invertase activity by 126% in drought-stressed maize leaves.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO was suggested to enhance starch, sucrose and glycolysis metabolism in drought-stressed maize leaves.