Abstract
Agro-researchers are endlessly trying to derive a potential biomolecule having antifungal properties in order to replace the application of synthetic fungicides on agricultural fields. Rot disease often caused by Fusarium solani made severe loss of wheat crops every year. Chitosan and its metallic nano-derivatives hold a broad-spectrum antifungal property. Our interdisciplinary study deals with the application of nickel chitosan nanoconjugate (NiCNC) against Fusarium rot of wheat, in comparison with chitosan nanoparticles (CNPs) and commercial fungicide Mancozeb. CNPs and NiCNC were characterized on the basis of UV-Vis spectrophotometry, HR-TEM, FESEM, EDXS and FT-IR. Both CNPs and NiCNC were found effective against the fungal growth, of which NiCNC at 0.04 mg/mL showed complete termination of F. solani grown in suitable medium. Ultrastructural analysis of F. solani conidia treated with NiCNC revealed pronounced damages and disruption of the membrane surface. Fluorescence microscopic study revealed generation of oxidative stress in the fungal system upon NiCNC exposure. Moreover, NiCNC showed reduction in rot disease incidence by 83.33% of wheat seedlings which was further confirmed through the observation of anatomical sections of the stem. NiCNC application helps the seedling to overcome the adverse effect of pathogen, which was evaluated through stress indices attributes.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
CNPs inhibited fungal growth.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- CNPse0
- Interactor
- fungale0pathogen
- Outcome
- fungal growthe0
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Verbatim
e0“Both CNPs and NiCNC were found effective against the fungal growth”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC inhibited fungal growth.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- NiCNCe0
- Interactor
- fungale0pathogen
- Outcome
- fungal growthe0
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Verbatim
e0“Both CNPs and NiCNC were found effective against the fungal growth”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC at 0.04 mg/mL completely terminated F. solani growth in medium.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- NiCNC at 0.04 mg/mLe0
- Interactor
- F. solani
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Fusarium solanie0pathogen - Outcome
- F. solani grown in suitable mediume0
- Direction
- complete terminatione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“NiCNC at 0.04 mg/mL showed complete termination of F. solani grown in suitable medium.”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC damaged and disrupted F. solani conidial membranes.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- NiCNCe0
- Interactor
- F. solaniFusarium solanie0pathogen
- Outcome
- pronounced damages and disruption of the membrane surfacee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Ultrastructural analysis of F. solani conidia treated with NiCNC revealed pronounced damages and disruption of the membrane surface.”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC exposure generated oxidative stress in the fungus.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- NiCNC exposuree0
- Interactor
- fungale0pathogen
- Outcome
- generation of oxidative stress in the fungal systeme0
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Verbatim
e0“Fluorescence microscopic study revealed generation of oxidative stress in the fungal system upon NiCNC exposure.”
t0“wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC reduced Fusarium rot incidence in wheat seedlings by 83.33%.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- NiCNCe0
- Outcome
- rot disease incidencee0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 83.33%e0
FusariumNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“NiCNC showed reduction in rot disease incidence by 83.33% of wheat seedlings”
t0“Fusarium rot of wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
NiCNC application helped wheat seedlings overcome pathogen effects according to stress indices.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- NiCNC applicatione0
- Interactor
- pathogene0pathogen
- Outcome
- stress indices attributese0
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Verbatim
e0“NiCNC application helps the seedling to overcome the adverse effect of pathogen, which was evaluated through stress indices attributes.”
t0“wheat”
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