Abstract
The growing demand for sustainable agriculture necessitates innovative strategies to enhance crop productivity while minimizing environmental impact. This study explores the biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria Nostoc commune, Calothrix sp., and Aphanothece minutissima subjected to static magnetic field (SMF) treatments. The cyanobacterial consortia were exposed to SMF at varying magnetic inductions (40–50 mT and 100–200 mT), followed by extract preparation and application as biopriming agents. Results demonstrated significant improvements in key seedling growth parameters, including root and stem length, vigor index I, and fresh biomass. The consortium treated with 40–50 mT SMF showed the most pronounced growth-stimulating activity, suggesting enhanced bioactive compound production under this treatment that might be related to auxin biosynthesis. Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts maintained a balanced nutritional uptake and plant health, as indicated by stable fresh weight dry weight ratios. These findings highlight the potential of SMF-enhanced cyanobacterial consortia as biopriming agents for horticultural crops. Future research should elucidate the underlying modes of action and optimize conditions for broader crop applications.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts improved root and stem length and vigor index I of cucumber seedlings.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.
Cucumis sativuse2 - Treatment
- extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteriae2
- Outcome
- root and stem length, vigor index Ie1
- Direction
- improvementse1
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Verbatim
e1“Results demonstrated significant improvements in key seedling growth parameters, including root and stem length, vigor index I, and fresh biomass”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
Claim · model-written summary
Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts improved fresh biomass of cucumber seedlings.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.Cucumis sativuse2
- Treatment
- extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteriae2
- Outcome
- fresh biomasse1
- Direction
- improvementse1
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Verbatim
e1“Results demonstrated significant improvements in key seedling growth parameters, including root and stem length, vigor index I, and fresh biomass”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
Claim · model-written summary
Cyanobacteria consortium treated with 40–50 mT static magnetic field gave the most pronounced growth-stimulating activity in cucumber.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.Cucumis sativuse2
- Treatment
- 40–50 mT SMFe1
- Outcome
- growth-stimulating activitye1
- Direction
- most pronouncede1
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Verbatim
e1“The consortium treated with 40–50 mT SMF showed the most pronounced growth-stimulating activity”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
Claim · model-written summary
Enhanced bioactive compound production under the 40–50 mT treatment may be related to auxin biosynthesis.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.Cucumis sativuse2
- Compound
- auxine1
- Outcome
- bioactive compound productione1
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Verbatim
e1“suggesting enhanced bioactive compound production under this treatment that might be related to auxin biosynthesis”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
Claim · model-written summary
Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts maintained balanced nutritional uptake and plant health in cucumber.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.Cucumis sativuse2
- Treatment
- Biopriming with cyanobacterial extractse1
- Outcome
- balanced nutritional uptake and plant healthe1
- Direction
- maintainede1
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Verbatim
e1“Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts maintained a balanced nutritional uptake and plant health, as indicated by stable fresh weight dry weight ratios”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
Claim · model-written summary
Fresh weight to dry weight ratios of biopriming-treated cucumber seedlings were stable.
- Taxon
- Cucumis sativus L.Cucumis sativuse2
- Outcome
- fresh weight dry weight ratiose1
- Qualifier
- stablee1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Biopriming with cyanobacterial extracts maintained a balanced nutritional uptake and plant health, as indicated by stable fresh weight dry weight ratios”
e2“biopriming potential of Cucumis sativus L. seeds using extracts derived from a consortium of nitrofixing cyanobacteria”
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