Abstract
Malnutrition is mainly caused by iron and zinc micronutrient deficiencies affecting about half of the world's population across the globe. Biofortification of staple crops is the right approach to overcome malnutrition and enhance nutrient contents in the daily food of humans. This study aimed to evaluate the role of foliar application of iron and zinc in Trichoderma harzianum treated soil on various growth characteristics, quality, and yield of wheat varieties. Plants were examined in the absence/presence of T. harzianum , and iron and zinc micronutrients in both optimal and high-stress conditions. Although the symbiotic association of T. harzianum and common wheat is utilized as an effective approach for wheat improvement because of the dynamic growth promoting the ability of the fungus, this association was found tremendously effective in the presence of foliar feeding of micronutrients for the enhancement of various growth parameters and quality of wheat. The utilization of this approach positively increased various growth parameters including spike length, grain mass, biomass, harvest index, and photosynthetic pigments. The beneficial role of T. harzianum in combination with zinc and iron in stimulating plant growth and its positive impact on the intensities of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) alleles make it an interesting approach for application in eco-friendly agricultural systems. Further, this study suggests a possible alternative way that does not merely enhances the wheat yield but also its quality through proper biofortification of iron and zinc to fulfill the daily needs of micronutrients in staple food.
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Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma with foliar micronutrients enhanced wheat growth and quality.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- foliar feeding of micronutrientse0
- Interactor
- Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma harzianume1symbiont - Outcome
- growth parameters and quality of wheate0
- Direction
- enhancemente0
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e0“this association was found tremendously effective in the presence of foliar feeding of micronutrients for the enhancement of various growth parameters and quality of wheat”
e1“Trichoderma harzianum treated soil”
e2“wheat varieties”
Claim · model-written summary
The approach increased spike length, grain mass and biomass.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- T. harzianum , and iron and zinc micronutrientse2
- Interactor
- T. harzianumTrichoderma harzianume2symbiont
- Outcome
- spike length, grain mass, biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“The utilization of this approach positively increased various growth parameters including spike length, grain mass, biomass, harvest index, and photosynthetic pigments”
e1“wheat varieties”
e2“T. harzianum , and iron and zinc micronutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
The approach increased harvest index and photosynthetic pigments.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- T. harzianum , and iron and zinc micronutrientse2
- Interactor
- T. harzianumTrichoderma harzianume2symbiont
- Outcome
- harvest index, and photosynthetic pigmentse0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The utilization of this approach positively increased various growth parameters including spike length, grain mass, biomass, harvest index, and photosynthetic pigments”
e1“wheat varieties”
e2“T. harzianum , and iron and zinc micronutrients”
Claim · model-written summary
Trichoderma with zinc and iron positively affected HMW-GS allele intensities.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- T. harzianum in combination with zinc and irone0
- Interactor
- T. harzianumTrichoderma harzianume0symbiont
- Gene
- high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) allelese0
- Outcome
- intensities of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) allelese0
- Direction
- positive impacte0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The beneficial role of T. harzianum in combination with zinc and iron in stimulating plant growth and its positive impact on the intensities of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) alleles”
e1“wheat varieties”
Claim · model-written summary
The study suggests Trichoderma and micronutrient biofortification to increase wheat yield and quality.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Interactor
- T. harzianumTrichoderma harzianume1symbiont
- Outcome
- enhances the wheat yield but also its qualitye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“this study suggests a possible alternative way that does not merely enhances the wheat yield but also its quality through proper biofortification of iron and zinc”
e1“T. harzianum in combination with zinc and iron”
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