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The TUP + SiF treatment boosted wheat CAT activity by 55–94%.
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e4“The combined TUP + SiF treatment significantly mitigated these effects, particularly in Barzegar, restoring 10.5–39.0% of yield versus 34.4–50.0% in Amin”
e5“Salinity stress severely impacts wheat productivity and grain quality”
e7“boosted antioxidant enzymes (SOD 12–14%, POD 33%, APX 25–26%, CAT 55–94%)”
Title
Elahe Gheisary; Seyed Abdolreza Kazemeini; Maryam Samadi; et al. Scientific Reports 2025. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-18660-0
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Salinity reduced wheat grain yield by 42–60%, more severely in Amin.
- Intervention effect Salinity decreased wheat ash content, moisture and carbohydrates.
- Intervention effect Salinity decreased wheat fiber and gluten.
- Intervention effect Salinity increased wheat grain hardness and protein.
- Intervention effect The combined TUP + SiF treatment restored 10.5–39.0% of yield in Barzegar under salinity.
- Intervention effect The combined TUP + SiF treatment restored 34.4–50.0% of yield in Amin under salinity.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment decreased MDA by 33.8–60.9% under salinity.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment boosted wheat SOD activity by 12–14%.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment boosted wheat POD activity by 33%.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment boosted wheat APX activity by 25–26%.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment enhanced the wheat K+/Na+ ratio 1.7–2.2-fold via upregulation of transporters.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment increased wheat grain gluten by 8.8–9.8%.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment increased wheat grain carbohydrates by 6.7–7.5%.
- Intervention effect The TUP + SiF treatment reduced wheat grain hardness and protein.
- Mechanism Silicon reduced wheat Na+ uptake through epidermal silica deposition.
- Mechanism Thiourea directly scavenged ROS in wheat through its thiol group.
- Observation Barzegar had superior ion homeostasis and antioxidant capacity compared with Amin.