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Water stress increased lipid peroxidation in both maize cultivars.
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e0“Water stress reduced the growth of maize plants with an increase in lipid peroxidation in both maize cultivars”
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Qasim Ali; Muhammad Tariq Javed; Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider; et al. Agronomy 2020. doi:10.3390/agronomy10091235
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- Intervention effect Water stress reduced the growth of maize plants in both cultivars.
- Intervention effect Contents of non-enzymatic antioxidants and activities of antioxidant enzymes increased in studied plant parts under drought.
- Intervention effect Nutrient uptake decreased in maize under drought.
- Intervention effect Foliar-applied alpha-tocopherol improved the growth of both maize cultivars.
- Intervention effect Foliar alpha-tocopherol was associated with improvements in photosynthetic pigment, water relations and antioxidative mechanism in maize.
- Intervention effect Foliar alpha-tocopherol was associated with better nutrient acquisition in root and shoot and higher tocopherol contents in maize.
- Intervention effect Foliar alpha-tocopherol was associated with a decrease in lipid peroxidation in maize.
- Mechanism The authors interpret the increased tocopherol levels in roots after foliar alpha-tocopherol application as showing its basipetal translocation.
- Mechanism The authors conclude that foliar-applied alpha-tocopherol induces drought tolerance in maize, associated with tissue-specific improvements in antioxidative defense mechanism through its translocation.