Abstract
Cypermethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid, is a widely employed pesticide in large-scale commercial agriculture and domestic settings to control pests and boost crop yields. Despite its effectiveness in controlling pests, concerns persist about the potential ecological and human health impacts associated with its use. In the present study, the impact of cypermethrin on different parameters, including growth indices, pollen morphology and pollen fertility, chlorophyll and carotenoid content, hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) scavenging, lipid peroxidation (MDA concentration), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) activities, was investigated in Cicer arietinum L. The results showed that plants exhibited decreasing trends in plant height, number of branches, pods, and seeds per plant as cypermethrin concentrations increased. These changes resulted in significant reductions in the overall yield of the plants. The percentage of wrinkled pollen significantly increased with higher concentrations of cypermethrin and longer exposure durations. Exposure to cypermethrin showed significant variations in pollen fertility of C. arietinum at different concentrations and time intervals in comparison to control, which had a baseline pollen fertility of 79.12% ± 4.59. Chlorophyll and carotenoid content of C. arietinum were considerably affected by cypermethrin, indicative of potential disturbances in essential photosynthetic processes crucial for plant health. Further, with increasing concentrations of cypermethrin ranging from 100 mg/L to 500 mg/L, noticeable effects were observed on H 2 O 2− scavenging, MDA concentration, SOD and CAT activities of C. arietinum in dose-dependent manner. Further, it was found that the duration of exposure and concentration of cypermethrin played a crucial role in exacerbating these detrimental effects. The findings of the present study raise concerns regarding the harmful effects of agricultural pesticides like cypermethrin and highlight the need for more research on the nutritional value of products derived from plants and seeds exposed to these agents.
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Claim · model-written summary
Increasing cypermethrin reduced plant height, branches and pods per plant.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.
Cicer arietinume1 - Treatment
- cypermethrine0
- Outcome
- plant height, number of branches, podse0
- Direction
- decreasinge0
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e0“decreasing trends in plant height, number of branches, pods, and seeds per plant as cypermethrin concentrations increased”
e1“Cicer arietinum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Increasing cypermethrin reduced seeds per plant.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume1
- Treatment
- cypermethrine0
- Outcome
- seeds per plante0
- Direction
- decreasinge0
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e0“decreasing trends in plant height, number of branches, pods, and seeds per plant as cypermethrin concentrations increased”
e1“Cicer arietinum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cypermethrin exposure significantly reduced overall yield.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume1
- Treatment
- cypermethrine2
- Outcome
- overall yielde0
- Direction
- reductionse0
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Verbatim
e0“These changes resulted in significant reductions in the overall yield of the plants”
e1“Cicer arietinum L.”
e2“cypermethrin concentrations increased”
Claim · model-written summary
Higher cypermethrin concentration and longer exposure significantly increased wrinkled pollen.
- Taxon
- Cicer arietinum L.Cicer arietinume1
- Treatment
- higher concentrations of cypermethrin and longer exposure durationse0
- Outcome
- percentage of wrinkled pollene0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“The percentage of wrinkled pollen significantly increased with higher concentrations of cypermethrin and longer exposure durations”
e1“Cicer arietinum L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cypermethrin significantly altered pollen fertility relative to control across concentrations and times.
- Taxon
- C. arietinumCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- cypermethrine0
- Outcome
- pollen fertilitye0
- Qualifier
- 79.12% ± 4.59e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Exposure to cypermethrin showed significant variations in pollen fertility of C. arietinum at different concentrations and time intervals in comparison to control, which had a baseline pollen fertility of 79.12% ± 4.59”
Claim · model-written summary
Cypermethrin considerably affected chlorophyll and carotenoid content.
- Taxon
- C. arietinumCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- cypermethrine0
- Outcome
- Chlorophyll and carotenoid contente0
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Verbatim
e0“Chlorophyll and carotenoid content of C. arietinum were considerably affected by cypermethrin”
Claim · model-written summary
Cypermethrin had dose dependent effects on hydrogen peroxide scavenging and MDA concentration.
- Taxon
- C. arietinumCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- cypermethrin ranging from 100 mg/L to 500 mg/Le0
- Outcome
- H 2 O 2− scavenging, MDA concentratione0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“with increasing concentrations of cypermethrin ranging from 100 mg/L to 500 mg/L, noticeable effects were observed on H 2 O 2− scavenging, MDA concentration, SOD and CAT activities of C. arietinum in dose-dependent manner”
Claim · model-written summary
Cypermethrin had dose dependent effects on SOD and CAT activities.
- Taxon
- C. arietinumCicer arietinume0
- Treatment
- cypermethrin ranging from 100 mg/L to 500 mg/Le0
- Outcome
- SOD and CAT activitiese0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“with increasing concentrations of cypermethrin ranging from 100 mg/L to 500 mg/L, noticeable effects were observed on H 2 O 2− scavenging, MDA concentration, SOD and CAT activities of C. arietinum in dose-dependent manner”
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