Abstract
The yield and quality of field crops are affected by abiotic stresses such as water deficit, which can negatively impact crop growth, productivity, and quality. However, nanotechnology holds great promise for increasing crop yield, maintaining quality, and thus mitigating abiotic stresses. Therefore, the current study was conducted to examine the influences of 0, 50, and 100 mg L−1 zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and 0, 25, and 50 mg L−1 silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles on the yield and quality traits of potato plants grown under water deficit conditions (100%, 75%, and 50% ETc). Water deficit significantly reduced yield traits (average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yield) and quality traits (tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral content). However, it enhanced tuber dry weight, specific gravity, ascorbic acid, starch, and total soluble solids. Foliar applications of ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticles under water deficit treatments significantly enhanced yield and improved quality traits of potato plants. Moreover, significant and positive correlations were found among yield traits. Thus, it can be concluded that using ZnO NPs at 100 mg L−1 significantly improves potato productivity and quality traits by mitigating the negative effects of water deficit in arid regions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit significantly reduced potato average tuber weight, number of plant tubers and tuber yield.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- Water deficite1
- Outcome
- average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yielde1
- Direction
- reducede1
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e1“Water deficit significantly reduced yield traits (average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yield) and quality traits (tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral content)”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit significantly reduced potato tuber diameter, crude protein and mineral content.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Water deficite1
- Outcome
- tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral contente1
- Direction
- reducede1
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Verbatim
e1“Water deficit significantly reduced yield traits (average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yield) and quality traits (tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral content)”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit enhanced potato tuber dry weight, specific gravity and ascorbic acid.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Water deficite1
- Outcome
- tuber dry weight, specific gravity, ascorbic acide2
- Direction
- enhancede2
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Verbatim
e1“Water deficit significantly reduced yield traits (average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yield) and quality traits (tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral content)”
e2“However, it enhanced tuber dry weight, specific gravity, ascorbic acid, starch, and total soluble solids”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Water deficit enhanced potato starch and total soluble solids.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Water deficite1
- Outcome
- starch, and total soluble solidse2
- Direction
- enhancede2
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Verbatim
e1“Water deficit significantly reduced yield traits (average tuber weight, number of plant tubers, and tuber yield) and quality traits (tuber diameter, crude protein, and mineral content)”
e2“However, it enhanced tuber dry weight, specific gravity, ascorbic acid, starch, and total soluble solids”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticles under water deficit significantly enhanced potato yield.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Foliar applications of ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticlese3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- enhancede3
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Verbatim
e3“Foliar applications of ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticles under water deficit treatments significantly enhanced yield and improved quality traits of potato plants”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticles under water deficit significantly improved potato quality traits.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- Foliar applications of ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticlese3
- Outcome
- quality traitse3
- Direction
- improvede3
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Verbatim
e3“Foliar applications of ZnO and SiO2 nanoparticles under water deficit treatments significantly enhanced yield and improved quality traits of potato plants”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
Significant and positive correlations were found among potato yield traits.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Outcome
- yield traitse4
- Qualifier
- significant and positive correlationse4
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Verbatim
e4“significant and positive correlations were found among yield traits”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
Claim · model-written summary
ZnO nanoparticles at 100 mg L−1 significantly improve potato productivity and quality traits by mitigating water deficit effects in arid regions.
- Taxon
- potatoSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- ZnO NPs at 100 mg L−1e5
- Outcome
- productivity and quality traitse5
- Direction
- improvese5
- Setting
- arid regionse5
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Verbatim
e5“using ZnO NPs at 100 mg L−1 significantly improves potato productivity and quality traits by mitigating the negative effects of water deficit in arid regions”
t0“Enhance Potato Yield and Quality Traits”
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