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As toxicity reduced total soluble sugars in maize.
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t0“arsenic stress in maize”
e1“As toxicity significantly reduced chlorophyll a (5.18%), chlorophyll b (33.87%), chlorophyll a + b (11.67%), and primary metabolites [soluble protein (54.93%), amino acids (24.85%), total soluble sugars (39.77%), and phenolic contents (25.88%)]”
Title
Abdul Sattar; Ahmad Sher; Mohammed A. S. Abourehab; et al. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2022.979049
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced chlorophyll a in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced chlorophyll b in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced chlorophyll a + b in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced soluble protein in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced amino acids in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity reduced phenolic contents in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity increased superoxide dismutase activity in maize leaves.
- Intervention effect As toxicity increased peroxidase activity in maize leaves.
- Intervention effect As toxicity increased catalase activity in maize leaves.
- Intervention effect As toxicity increased ascorbate peroxidase activity in maize leaves.
- Intervention effect As contamination reduced maize grain yield and yield-related attributes relative to the controls.
- Intervention effect Combined Si and biochar improved maize grain yield by 12.12% in As-contaminated soil.
- Intervention effect Combined Si and biochar enhanced Si contents in maize shoots of the control and As-contaminated plants.
- Intervention effect Combined Si and biochar significantly reduced arsenic concentration in maize shoots by 69%.
- Intervention effect Combined Si and biochar significantly reduced arsenic concentration in maize grains by 142%.
- Intervention effect Combined Si and biochar reduced H2O2 and MDA contents in maize.
- Intervention effect As toxicity increased lipid peroxidation in maize leaves.
- Recommendation The combined application of Si and biochar is a fruitful soil amendment strategy to improve maize yield and reduce arsenic toxicity in As-contaminated soil.