Abstract
Plants are indispensable on earth and their improvement in terms of food security is a need of time. The current study has been designed to investigate how biogenic zinc nanoparticles (Zn NPs) can improve the growth and development of Brassica napus L. In this study, Zn NPs were synthesized utilizing Mentha arvensis aqueous extracts, and their morphological and optical properties were assessed using UV-Visible spectrophotometry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The synthesized Zn NPs were irregular in shape, indicating aggregation in pattern, with an average particle size of 30 nm, while XRD analysis revealed the crystalline structure of nanoparticles. The growth and development of B. napus varieties (Faisal canola and Shiralee) were assessed after foliar treatments with different concentrations of biogenic Zn NPs. In B. napus varieties, exposure to 15 mg/L Zn NPs dramatically increased chlorophyll, carotenoid content, and biomass accumulation. Similarly, proteomic analyses, on the other hand, revealed that proteins associated with photosynthesis, transport, glycolysis, and stress response in both Brassica varieties were substantially altered. Such exposure to Zn NPs, differential expression of genes associated with photosynthesis, ribosome structural constituents, and oxidative stress response were considerably upregulated in B. napus var. (Faisal and Shiralee canola). The results of this study revealed that foliar applications of biogenic Zn NPs influence the transcriptome and protein profiling positively, therefore stimulating plant growth and development.
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Zn NPs at 15 mg/L increased chlorophyll, carotenoid content and biomass accumulation in Brassica napus.
- Taxon
- Brassica napus
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Brassica napust0 - Treatment
- 15 mg/L Zn NPse1
- Outcome
- chlorophyll, carotenoid content, and biomass accumulatione1
- Direction
- increasede1
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e1“In B. napus varieties, exposure to 15 mg/L Zn NPs dramatically increased chlorophyll, carotenoid content, and biomass accumulation”
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Zn NPs substantially altered proteins associated with photosynthesis, transport and glycolysis in both Brassica varieties.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- Zn NPse1
- Outcome
- proteins associated with photosynthesis, transport, glycolysise2
- Direction
- substantially alterede2
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t0“Brassica napus”
e1“In B. napus varieties, exposure to 15 mg/L Zn NPs dramatically increased chlorophyll, carotenoid content, and biomass accumulation”
e2“proteins associated with photosynthesis, transport, glycolysis, and stress response in both Brassica varieties were substantially altered”
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Zn NPs substantially altered stress-response proteins in both Brassica varieties.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- Zn NPse1
- Outcome
- stress responsee2
- Direction
- substantially alterede2
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t0“Brassica napus”
e1“In B. napus varieties, exposure to 15 mg/L Zn NPs dramatically increased chlorophyll, carotenoid content, and biomass accumulation”
e2“proteins associated with photosynthesis, transport, glycolysis, and stress response in both Brassica varieties were substantially altered”
Claim · model-written summary
Zn NPs upregulated genes associated with photosynthesis, ribosome structural constituents and oxidative stress response in Brassica napus.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- Zn NPse3
- Outcome
- differential expression of genes associated with photosynthesis, ribosome structural constituents, and oxidative stress responsee3
- Direction
- upregulatede3
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t0“Brassica napus”
e3“Such exposure to Zn NPs, differential expression of genes associated with photosynthesis, ribosome structural constituents, and oxidative stress response were considerably upregulated”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar applications of biogenic Zn NPs positively influence the transcriptome and protein profiles of Brassica napus.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- foliar applications of biogenic Zn NPse4
- Outcome
- the transcriptome and protein profilinge4
- Direction
- positivelye4
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t0“Brassica napus”
e4“foliar applications of biogenic Zn NPs influence the transcriptome and protein profiling positively”
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The synthesised biogenic Zn nanoparticles had an average particle size of 30 nm.
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e5“with an average particle size of 30 nm”
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