Claim · model-written summary
Nano-ZnO increased UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity by 17.8% in drought-stressed maize leaves.
- Organ / stage
- leavese3
- Treatment
- nano-ZnOe2
- Gene
- UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylasee2
- Outcome
- activitiese2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 17.8%e2
Zea maysNot reportedMaterialCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e1“in drought-stressed and well-watered maize”
e2“the nano-ZnO increased the activities of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, phosphoglucoisomerase and cytoplasmic invertase by 17.8%, 391.5% and 126%, respectively”
e3“which enhanced the starch and sucrose biosynthesis and glycolysis metabolism in leaves under drought stress”
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 enhanced water use efficiency in drought-stressed maize.
- 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.