Claim · model-written summary
ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 alleviated drought-induced levels of superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase in wheat leaves.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Organ / stage
- leavese2
- Treatment
- ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1e1
- Gene
- superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductasee2
- Outcome
- levels of antioxidative enzymese2
- Direction
- alleviatede2
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Verbatim
e1“Application of ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1”
e2“alleviated levels of antioxidative enzymes like superoxide dismutase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase and guaiacol peroxidase and metabolites like proline, ascorbate, malondialdehyde and flavanoid in wheat leaves subjected to drought”
t0“in wheat foliar sprayed”
Title
Debjyoti Das; Komal Bisht; Ankita Chauhan; et al. Plant Nano Biology 2023. doi:10.1016/j.plana.2023.100034
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 significantly enhanced relative water content in drought-stressed wheat.
- Intervention effect ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 alleviated drought-induced levels of guaiacol peroxidase in wheat leaves.
- Intervention effect ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 alleviated drought-induced levels of proline, ascorbate and malondialdehyde in wheat leaves.
- Intervention effect ZCS nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 alleviated drought-induced flavanoid levels in wheat leaves.
- Observation Drought recovery was noteworthy in both tolerant and sensitive wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Water stress reduced grain yield per plant by nearly 45% in tolerant wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Water stress reduced grain yield per plant by nearly 50% in sensitive wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Foliar spray of the nanoparticles increased yield by 63% in tolerant wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Foliar spray of the nanoparticles increased yield by 41% in tolerant wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Foliar spray of the nanoparticles increased yield by 50% in sensitive wheat varieties.
- Intervention effect Foliar spray of the nanoparticles increased yield by 46% in sensitive wheat varieties.
- Mechanism ZCS nanoparticles are proposed to improve osmotic status of wheat by enhancing synthesis of osmoprotectants.