Claim · model-written summary
Silicon treatment boosted ascorbate peroxidase activity under drought stress, by 11.3% in RAC875 and 9.2% in Kukri.
- Taxon
- bread wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Si treatmente1
- Outcome
- ascorbate peroxidasee1
- Direction
- boostede1
- Value
- RAC875, 11.3%; Kukri, 9.2%e1
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Verbatim
e1“Moreover, Si treatment significantly boosted cellular antioxidant activities, including ascorbate peroxidase (RAC875, 11.3%; Kukri, 9.2%), catalase (RAC875, 22.2%; Kukri, 25.5%), and peroxidase (RAC875, 19%; Kukri, 15.8%) under DS”
t0“two contrasting bread wheat cultivars”
Title
Waseem Ashfaq; Muhammad Kaleem; Graham Brodie; et al. Cereal Research Communications 2025. doi:10.1007/s42976-025-00635-6
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment increased the number of productive tillers and fresh weight of wheat under drought stress in both cultivars.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment enhanced chlorophyll content under drought stress, by 8.7% in RAC875 and 12.7% in Kukri.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment enhanced relative water content under drought stress, by 10.8% in RAC875 and 18.1% in Kukri.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment enhanced chlorophyll fluorescence under drought stress, by 10.1% in RAC875 and 22.3% in Kukri.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment increased total soluble sugars, fructose content and free amino acids in wheat under drought stress.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment reduced proline content and lipid peroxidation in wheat under drought stress.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment boosted catalase activity under drought stress, by 22.2% in RAC875 and 25.5% in Kukri.
- Intervention effect Silicon treatment boosted peroxidase activity under drought stress, by 19% in RAC875 and 15.8% in Kukri.
- Mechanism Silicon alleviates early growth drought stress in wheat by up-regulating antioxidants, osmoprotectants and photochemistry, improving growth through enhanced photosynthesis.