Claim · model-written summary
Bacterial inoculation enhanced sunflower chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and carotenoids.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0t0
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Verbatim
e0“Pigments e.g., chlorophyll a, b, carotenoids and proteins of the plants were enhanced.”
t0“Phytoremediation of heavy metals from industrially contaminated soil using sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) by inoculation of two indigenous bacteria”
Title
Muhammad Waseem; Sheza Ayaz Khilji; Sumayya Tariq; et al. Plant Stress 2023. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2023.100297
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect S. stutzeri inoculation increased sunflower height and biomass.
- Intervention effect P. sundara inoculation increased sunflower height and biomass.
- Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation enhanced sunflower proteins.
- Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation increased catalase, peroxidase and ascorbate peroxidase.
- Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation increased sunflower proline content.
- Intervention effect Bacterial inoculation decreased sunflower hydrogen peroxide content.
- Intervention effect Bacteria increased plant uptake of cadmium, chromium and lead.
- Observation Postharvest soil electrical conductivity, dissolved solids and bicarbonates decreased.
- Observation Postharvest soil heavy metals decreased.
- Recommendation The authors propose combining sunflower and bacteria for industrial soil remediation.