Abstract
Abstract Synthetic fertilizers are widely employed in agriculture relative to biofertilizers. Long-term use affects soil fertility, plant vigor, human and livestock health, and the soil microbial community. Seaweeds were employed as biofertilizers in sustainable agriculture to overcome this issue and boost the agricultural productivity. Therefore, the current study investigates the effect of wheat seeds priming with the aqueous extracts of Ulva linza or Corallina officinalis seaweeds at various concentrations (5, 10, 15, 20, and 30%). Wheat grains were primed with seaweed extracts and grown in petri dishes, and the germination rate, growth attributes, physiological parameters, cytological traits, and molecular analyses were evaluated. The physico-chemical characterization revealed that U. linza possessed higher levels of ash, soluble proteins, and sugars, as well as essential macronutrients and amino acids, than C. officinalis . Seedling growth parameters, physiological characteristics, and mitotic index all showed a substantial increase in low concentrations of both extracts when compared to the control. Higher concentrations, on the other hand, exhibited an inhibitory effect as well as certain chromosomal abnormalities. In the treated seedlings, new proteins were expressed, which could be owing to the activity of bioactive components in the extracts. As compared to untreated seedlings, PCR-RAPD analysis utilizing five markers revealed that both seaweed extracts triggered low and high molecular weight DNA fragments, as well as fragments specific to each extract. Seaweed extracts could be employed as an environmentally friendly and soil-safe alternative to typical chemical fertilizers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Ulva linza extract had more ash, soluble proteins, and sugars than Corallina officinalis extract.
- Taxon
- U. linza
Ulva linzae0 - Outcome
- ash, soluble proteins, and sugarse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- C. officinalise0
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Verbatim
e0“U. linza possessed higher levels of ash, soluble proteins, and sugars, as well as essential macronutrients and amino acids, than C. officinalis”
Claim · model-written summary
Ulva linza extract had more macronutrients and amino acids than Corallina officinalis extract.
- Taxon
- U. linzaUlva linzae0
- Outcome
- essential macronutrients and amino acidse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- C. officinalise0
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e0“U. linza possessed higher levels of ash, soluble proteins, and sugars, as well as essential macronutrients and amino acids, than C. officinalis”
Claim · model-written summary
Low concentrations of both seaweed extracts increased wheat seedling growth parameters compared with control.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- low concentrations of both extractse0
- Outcome
- Seedling growth parameterse0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- the controle0
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e0“Seedling growth parameters, physiological characteristics, and mitotic index all showed a substantial increase in low concentrations of both extracts when compared to the control”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Low concentrations of both extracts increased wheat physiological characteristics and mitotic index.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- low concentrations of both extractse0
- Outcome
- physiological characteristics, and mitotic indexe0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- the controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Seedling growth parameters, physiological characteristics, and mitotic index all showed a substantial increase in low concentrations of both extracts when compared to the control”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher seaweed extract concentrations inhibited wheat seedlings and caused chromosomal abnormalities.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- inhibitory effect as well as certain chromosomal abnormalitiese0
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Verbatim
e0“Higher concentrations, on the other hand, exhibited an inhibitory effect as well as certain chromosomal abnormalities”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
New proteins were expressed in treated wheat seedlings.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- new proteinse0
- Direction
- expressede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the treated seedlings, new proteins were expressed”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Both extracts triggered low and high molecular weight DNA fragments and extract-specific fragments.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- low and high molecular weight DNA fragmentse0
- Direction
- triggerede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“both seaweed extracts triggered low and high molecular weight DNA fragments, as well as fragments specific to each extract”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors propose seaweed extracts as an alternative to chemical fertilizers.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- alternative to typical chemical fertilizerse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seaweed extracts could be employed as an environmentally friendly and soil-safe alternative to typical chemical fertilizers”
t0“Wheat”
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