Abstract
This study investigates how metal complexes and biofertilizers affect the growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under various salinity stress levels. The study used a randomized factorial design and looked at the biochemical (total protein, amino acids, and catalase activity) and physiological (plant height, leaf and root number) responses at 50, 100, and 150 days after sowing (DAS). Plant development was gradually hampered by salinity, which was created by sodium-based salts. This was demonstrated by decreases in plant height, foliar expansion, and root architecture. However, these negative impacts were considerably lessened by biofertilizer treatments that included strains of Azotobacter chroococcum. Under minimal salt stress, biofertilizer treatments outperformed even control conditions in terms of morphological performance and nutrient uptake. Despite their advantages, metal complexes only showed modest gains. An indicator of osmotic regulation, amino acid concentration increased dramatically as salinity increased and was further increased by both treatments, especially biofertilizers. Under salinity, protein content decreased but increased after treatment, particularly at 0.4 M salt stress when biofertilizers brought levels back to almost normal levels. A crucial biomarker of oxidative stress, catalase activity, rose in response to salt exposure and was further enhanced by both treatments, indicating enhanced antioxidant defense systems. The significance of the observed changes was validated by statistical analysis. These results highlight the effectiveness of metal complexes and biofertilizers, particularly the former, in increasing wheat resistance to salt stress. This study backs the incorporation of chemical and microbiological supplements into agronomic procedures, providing a sustainable means of boosting crop yields in salty conditions and tackling upcoming climate change-related agricultural issues.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity reduced wheat height, leaf expansion and root architecture.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- plant height, foliar expansion, and root architecturee0
- Direction
- decreasese0
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Verbatim
e0“Plant development was gradually hampered by salinity, which was created by sodium-based salts. This was demonstrated by decreases in plant height, foliar expansion, and root architecture”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Azotobacter chroococcum biofertilizer lessened salinity effects on wheat development.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- biofertilizer treatments that included strains of Azotobacter chroococcume0
- Interactor
- Azotobacter chroococcumAzotobacter chroococcume0symbiont
- Outcome
- negative impactse0
- Direction
- lessenede0
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Verbatim
e0“these negative impacts were considerably lessened by biofertilizer treatments that included strains of Azotobacter chroococcum”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Under minimal salt stress, biofertilizer improved morphological performance over control conditions.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- biofertilizer treatmentse0
- Outcome
- morphological performance and nutrient uptakee0
- Direction
- outperformede0
- Qualifier
- Under minimal salt stresse0
- Comparator
- control conditionse0
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Verbatim
e0“Under minimal salt stress, biofertilizer treatments outperformed even control conditions in terms of morphological performance and nutrient uptake”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Metal complexes produced modest gains.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- metal complexese0
- Outcome
- modest gainse0
- Direction
- gainse0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“metal complexes only showed modest gains”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Amino acid concentration increased with salinity.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- amino acid concentratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“amino acid concentration increased dramatically as salinity increased”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Both treatments further increased amino acid concentration, especially biofertilizer.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- both treatments, especially biofertilizerse0
- Outcome
- amino acid concentratione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“amino acid concentration increased dramatically as salinity increased and was further increased by both treatments, especially biofertilizers”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Salinity decreased wheat protein content.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- salinitye0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Under salinity, protein content decreased”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Treatment increased wheat protein content under salinity.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“protein content decreased but increased after treatment”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Biofertilizer restored protein near normal at 0.4 M salt stress.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- biofertilizerse0
- Outcome
- protein contente0
- Direction
- back to almost normal levelse0
- Qualifier
- at 0.4 M salt stresse0
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Verbatim
e0“protein content decreased but increased after treatment, particularly at 0.4 M salt stress when biofertilizers brought levels back to almost normal levels”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Salt exposure increased wheat catalase activity.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- salt exposuree0
- Outcome
- catalase activitye0
- Direction
- rosee0
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Verbatim
e0“catalase activity, rose in response to salt exposure”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Both treatments further enhanced wheat catalase activity.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- both treatmentse0
- Outcome
- catalase activitye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“catalase activity, rose in response to salt exposure and was further enhanced by both treatments, indicating enhanced antioxidant defense systems”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend chemical and microbiological supplements for saline crop production.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Outcome
- incorporation of chemical and microbiological supplements into agronomic procedurese0
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Verbatim
e0“This study backs the incorporation of chemical and microbiological supplements into agronomic procedures”
t0“Wheat”
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