Abstract
The pollution of agricultural lands due to various heavy metals causes serious problems to the environment and produces a number of unfavourable physiological modifications in crop. Lead (Pb) is one of the major and common concerns among heavy metals because of its high level in the environment; it causes significant adverse effects on plant processes. Different remediation approaches have been used to overcome the toxic effect of heavy metals on crop plants. In Indian scenario, use of soluble silica is a modern and economical technique to minimize the negative effect of heavy metal stress. The objective of present study was to observe the effect of foliar spray of soluble silica in the form of AgriboosterTM on lead treated and untreated wheat (Triticum aestivum l.) crop. Shoot length, total chlorophyll and stress parameters malondialdehyde (MDA), proline content and activity of peroxidase enzyme were assayed in six week old wheat crop. Significant increase was observed in shoot length and total chlorophyll in soluble silica treated wheat crop as compared to lead treated crop. Significant decrease in level of MDA and proline content were observed after soluble silica application in lead treated crop as well as control. Insignificant increase in peroxidase activity was observed after soluble silica application in lead treated wheat crop compared to only lead treated crop. From the present study it can be concluded that treatment of AgriboosterTM was found significantly effective in counteracting the stress created by lead on wheat crop.
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Soluble silica significantly increased wheat shoot length relative to lead treatment.
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- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- soluble silicae0
- Outcome
- shoot lengthe0
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- increasee0
- Comparator
- lead treated crope0
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e0“Significant increase was observed in shoot length and total chlorophyll in soluble silica treated wheat crop as compared to lead treated crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble silica significantly increased wheat total chlorophyll relative to lead treatment.
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- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- soluble silicae0
- Outcome
- total chlorophylle0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- lead treated crope0
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e0“Significant increase was observed in shoot length and total chlorophyll in soluble silica treated wheat crop as compared to lead treated crop”
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Soluble silica significantly decreased MDA in lead-treated and control wheat.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- soluble silica applicatione0
- Outcome
- level of MDAe0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- lead treated crop as well as controle0
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e0“Significant decrease in level of MDA and proline content were observed after soluble silica application in lead treated crop as well as control”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble silica significantly decreased proline content in lead-treated and control wheat.
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- WheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- soluble silica applicatione0
- Outcome
- proline contente0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Comparator
- lead treated crop as well as controle0
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e0“Significant decrease in level of MDA and proline content were observed after soluble silica application in lead treated crop as well as control”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Soluble silica nonsignificantly increased peroxidase activity in lead-treated wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- soluble silica applicatione0
- Outcome
- peroxidase activitye0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- only lead treated crope0
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e0“Insignificant increase in peroxidase activity was observed after soluble silica application in lead treated wheat crop compared to only lead treated crop”
Claim · model-written summary
Agribooster was concluded significantly effective against lead stress in wheat.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- AgriboosterTMe0
- Outcome
- stress created by leade0
- Direction
- counteractinge0
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e0“treatment of AgriboosterTM was found significantly effective in counteracting the stress created by lead on wheat crop”
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