Claim · model-written summary
Cd stress markedly reduced Zn in maize shoots compared with the control.
- Treatment
- Cd stresse3
- Outcome
- Zn in shootse3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Value
- 0.0015 mg/g DW; -99.1%e3
- Comparator
- controle3
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Verbatim
t0“cadmium toxicity in maize”
e3“exposure to Cd stress markedly reduced Zn in shoots (0.0015 mg/g DW; -99.1%) compared to the control (0.186 mg/g DW)”
Title
Laiba Asghar; Almas Jahan; Fahad Shafiq; et al. International Journal of Phytoremediation 2025. doi:10.1080/15226514.2025.2579140
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Root-zone nZnS supplementation recovered growth of maize under Cd stress.
- Intervention effect Root-zone nZnS supplementation enhanced protein and phenolic content of maize under Cd stress.
- Intervention effect Exogenous nZnS improved chlorophyll under Cd stress.
- Intervention effect Root-zone nZnS enhanced the shoot Zn fraction of maize.
- Intervention effect Foliar nZnS enhanced the shoot Zn fraction of maize.
- Observation In Cd-stressed maize, root-zone nZnS raised the shoot Zn fraction to 2.68 mg/g DW.
- Observation In Cd-stressed maize, foliar nZnS raised the shoot Zn fraction to 2.36 mg/g DW.
- Intervention effect Cd stress increased the shoot Cd fraction of maize.
- Intervention effect Root-zone nZnS further increased the shoot Cd fraction compared with Cd-stressed plants.
- Intervention effect Foliar nZnS enhanced the shoot Cd concentration compared with Cd-stressed plants.
- Mechanism The synergistic increase in Cd fraction under nZnS supply is explained by Cd/Zn homeostasis reinforced by sulfur supply.
- Recommendation The use of nZnS is an effective strategy for improving Cd tolerance in maize.