scholarly journals Copper Nanoparticle Application Enhances Plant Growth and Grain Yield in Maize Under Drought Stress Conditions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Van Nguyen ◽  
Huong Mai Nguyen ◽  
Nga Thanh Le ◽  
Kien Huu Nguyen ◽  
Hoa Thi Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Copper Nanoparticle

scholarly journals Copper nanoparticle application enhances plant growth and grain yield in maize under drought stress conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Van Nguyen ◽  
Huong Mai Nguyen ◽  
Nga Thanh Le ◽  
Kien Huu Nguyen ◽  
Huong Mai Le ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Crop Plants ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Oxygen Species ◽  
Copper Nanoparticle

ABSTRACTAbiotic stresses, including drought, detrimentally affect the growth and productivity of many economically important crop plants, leading to significant yield losses, which can result in food shortages and threaten the sustainability of agriculture. Balancing between plant growth and stress responses is one of the most important characters for agricultural application to maximize plant production. In this study, we initially report that copper nanoparticle priming positively regulates drought stress responses in maize. The copper nanoparticle priming plants displayed enhanced drought tolerance indicated by their higher leaf water content and plant biomass under drought as compared with water-treated plants. Moreover, our data showed that the treatment of copper nanoparticle on plants increased anthocyanin, chlorophyll and carotenoid contents compared to water-treated plants under drought stress conditions. Additionally, histochemical analyses with nitro blue tetrazolium and 3,3’-diaminobenzidine revealed that reactive oxygen species accumulation of priming plants was decreased as a result of enhancement of reactive oxygen species scavenging enzyme activities under drought. Furthermore, our comparative yield analysis data indicated applying copper nanoparticle to plant increased total seed number and grain yield under drought stress conditions. Our data provided the evidences that copper nanoparticle regulates plant protective mechanisms associated with drought tolerance, which is a promising approach for the production of drought tolerant crop plants.

scholarly journals EFEITOS DA SUPLEMENTAÇÃO COM RESÍDUO DA ATIVIDADE DA CARCINICULTURA EM PLANTAS DE GIRASSOL SUBMETIDAS A CONDIÇÕES DE ESTRESSE HÍDRICO

Irriga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-605
Author(s):  
BRENNDA BEZERRA BRAGA ◽  
Franklin Aragão Gondim ◽  
Francisco Holanda Nunes Junior ◽  
Sabrina Isabel De Oliveira Paiva ◽  
Rifandreo Monteiro Martins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Helianthus Annuus ◽  
Antioxidative Enzymes ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Shrimp Farming ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Shrimp Waste ◽  
Helianthus Annuus L ◽  
Federal Institute

EFEITOS DA SUPLEMENTAÇÃO COM RESÍDUO DA ATIVIDADE DA CARCINICULTURA EM PLANTAS DE GIRASSOL SUBMETIDAS A CONDIÇÕES DE ESTRESSE HÍDRICO  BRENNDA BEZERRA BRAGA1; FRANSCISCO HOLANDA NUNES JUNIOR2; SABRINA ISABEL DE OLIVEIRA PAIVA1; RIFANDREO MONTEIRO BARBOSA1; ROBERTO ALBUQUERQUE PONTES FILHO1 E FRANKLIN ARAGÃO GONDIM1*  1Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado do Ceará – Campus Maracanaú. Av. Contorno Norte, 10, Distrito Industrial, Maracanaú, Ceará, Brasil. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; *[email protected] (autor correspondente).  2Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado do Ceará – Campus Jaguaribe. Av. B - Bairro Manoel Costa Moraes, Jaguaribe, Ceará, Brasil. Email: [email protected]  1 RESUMO Objetivou-se identificar os efeitos da utilização de resíduo de carcinicultura sobre o crescimento e sistema enzimático antioxidativo de girassol em condições de estresse hídrico. O trabalho foi conduzido na casa de vegetação do Instituto Federal do Ceará – campus Maracanaú, Ceará, Brasil. As sementes foram semeadas em baldes contendo: 1) areia de granulometria fina; 2) areia + adubo; 3) areia + 7g de resíduo de carcinicultura; 4) areia + 14g de resíduo de carcinicultura. Decorridos 16 dias da semeadura, metade de cada grupo de plântulas descrito foi submetido à suspensão de rega. Foram realizadas 2 coletas:19 e 21 dias após a semeadura. Determinaram-se: as matérias frescas e secas da parte aérea, das raízes e total e as atividades das enzimas antioxidativas em folhas e raízes. De modo geral, a utilização de resíduo de carcinicultura no substrato proporcionou melhoria no crescimento das plantas. Isso pode ter ocorrido devido ao aumento nas atividades das enzimas antioxidativas. Em condições controle, a aplicação de 14g de resíduo ocasionou maiores produções de matéria seca total e atividades das enzimas antioxidativas. Concluiu-se que o resíduo de carcinicultura pode ser uma alternativa aos fertilizantes, reduzindo os custos de produção, além de ser uma destinação adequada ao resíduo de carcinicultura. Palavras-chave: estresse oxidativo, Helianthus annuus L., biofertilizante  BRAGA, B. B.; NUNES JUNIOR, F. H.; PAIVA, S. I. O.; BARBOSA, R. M.; PONTES FILHO, R. A.; GONDIM, F. AEFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTATION WITH WASTE OF SHRIMP FARMING ON SUNFLOWER PLANTS UNDER DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS  2 ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to identify the effects of the use of shrimp waste on plant growth and the antioxidative enzymatic defense system of sunflower under drought stress conditions. The experiment was carried out under greenhouse conditions at the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology), Maracanaú Campus, Ceará, Brazil. The seeds were sown in plastic pots containing: 1) fine-grained sand; 2) sand + fertilizer; 3) sand + 7g of shrimp waste; 4) sand + 14g shrimp waste. At 16 days after sowing, half of each seedling group described was submitted to irrigation suspension. Two plant harvests were performed: at 19 and 21 days after sowing. The following parameters were determined: shoots, roots and total fresh and dry masses, and activities of antioxidative enzymes in shoots and roots. In general, the use of shrimp waste in the substrate provided higher plant growth. This could be attributed to the increased activity of antioxidative enzymes. Under control conditions, the application of 14g of waste led to higher total dry mass and higher activities of antioxidative enzymes. It is concluded that the shrimp waste may be an alternative to fertilizers, reducing production costs.  Moreover, it seems to be an adequate disposal for shrimp farming waste. Keywords: oxidative stress, Helianthus annuus L., biofertilizer

scholarly journals ACC Deaminase Producing PGPR Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Agrobacterium fabrum along with Biochar Improve Wheat Productivity under Drought Stress

Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye ◽  
Subhan Danish ◽  
Mazhar Abbas ◽  
Maqshoof Ahmad ◽  
Tariq Muhammad Munir
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Bacillus Amyloliquefaciens ◽  
Nutrient Retention ◽  
Acc Deaminase ◽  
Growth And Yield ◽  
Yield Traits ◽  
Straw Yield ◽  
Soil Application

Drought stress retards wheat plant’s vegetative growth and physiological processes and results in low productivity. A stressed plant synthesizes ethylene which inhibits root elongation; however, the enzyme 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (ACC) deaminase catabolizes ethylene produced under water stress. Therefore, the ACC deaminase producing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can be used to enhance crop productivity under drought stress. Biochar (BC) is an organically active and potentially nutrient-rich amendment that, when applied to the soil, can increase pore volume, cation exchange capacity and nutrient retention and bioavailability. We conducted a field experiment to study the effect of drought tolerant, ACC deaminase producing PGPR (with and without timber waste BC) on plant growth and yield parameters under drought stress. Two PGPR strains, Agrobacterium fabrum or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens were applied individually and in combination with 30 Mg ha−1 BC under three levels of irrigation, i.e., recommended four irrigations (4I), three irrigations (3I) and two irrigations (2I). Combined application of B. amyloliquefaciens and 30 Mg ha−1 BC under 3I, significantly increased growth and yield traits of wheat: grain yield (36%), straw yield (50%), biological yield (40%). The same soil application under 2I resulted in greater increases in several of the growth and yield traits: grain yield (77%), straw yield (75%), above- and below-ground biomasses (77%), as compared to control; however, no significant increases in chlorophyll a, b or total, and photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance in response to individual inoculation of a PGPR strain (without BC) were observed. Therefore, we suggest that the combined soil application of B. amyloliquefaciens and BC more effectively mitigates drought stress and improves wheat productivity as compared to any of the individual soil applications tested in this study.

scholarly journals Assessing Genetic Diversity of Rice Varieties under Drought Stress Conditions

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina ABARSHAHR ◽  
Babak RABIEI ◽  
Habibollah SAMIZADEH LAHIGI
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stress Tolerance ◽  
Geometric Mean ◽  
Minimum Variance ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Productivity Index ◽  
Stress Index ◽  
Tolerance Index ◽  
Rice Varieties

In order to compare different rice genotypes grown under drought stress conditions a field experiment was conducted. In this study thirty different genotypes of native, breeded and upland cultivars were evaluated. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among genotypes in respect of all vegetative and morphological traits. Genotypes were devided into three groups by cluster analysis based on all studied traits with minimum variance method (Wards Method). The total average indicates significant differences among groups in respect of all morphological and physiological characteristics. In addition, eight drought stress tolerance indices including: sensitivity to stress index (SSI), drought response index (DRI), relative drought index (RDI), tolerance index (TOL), mean productivity index (MP), stress tolerance index (STI), geometric mean productivity index (GMP) and harmonic mean index (HM) were calculated according to their grain yield under drought stress and normal conditions. In general, results of this experimnet revealed that, among rice cultivars Domsephid, Deylamany, Hasansaraei, Sadri, Anbarboo and Domsiah had the highest sensitivity referring to drought stress and produced the lowest grain yield. Also, genotypes of IR24 (breeded of IRRI), Nemat, Sephidroud, Kadoos and Bejar (breeded of Iran) and Vandana, upland cultivar (originally from India) had the highest tolerance to drought stress and produced the highest grain yield. In conclusion, it was suggested that, these cultivars are suitable for drought stress conditions and are appropriate for hybridization with the aim of increasing drought tolerance.

scholarly journals Microbial Diversity of Upland Rice Roots and Their Influence on Rice Growth and Drought Tolerance

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1329
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Pang ◽  
Ying Zhao ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Diqiu Yu
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Upland Rice ◽  
Oryza Sativa L ◽  
Soluble Sugar ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Rice Roots ◽  
Microbial Resources

Among abiotic stresses, drought is one of the most important factors limiting plant growth. To increase their drought tolerance and survival, most plants interact directly with a variety of microbes. Upland rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a rice ecotype that differs from irrigated ecotype rice; it is adapted to both drought-stress and aerobic conditions. However, its root microbial resources have not been explored. We isolated bacteria and fungi from roots of upland rice in Xishuangbanna, China. Four hundred sixty-two endophytic and rhizospheric isolates (337 bacteria and 125 fungi) were distributed. They were distributed among 43 genera on the basis of 16S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) gene sequence analysis. Notably, these root microbes differed from irrigated rice root microbes in irrigated environments; for example, members of the Firmicutes phylum were enriched (by 28.54%) in the roots of the upland plants. The plant growth-promoting (PGP) potential of 217 isolates was investigated in vitro. The PGP ability of 17 endophytic and 10 rhizospheric isolates from upland rice roots was evaluated under well-irrigated and drought-stress conditions, and 9 fungal strains increased rice seedling shoot length, shoot and root fresh weight (FW), antioxidant capability, and proline (Pro) and soluble sugar contents. Our work suggests that fungi from upland rice roots can increase plant growth under irrigated and drought-stress conditions and can serve as effective microbial resources for sustainable agricultural production in arid regions.

Contribution of Secondary Traits for High Grain Yield and Stability of Tropical Maize Germplasm across Drought Stress and Non-Stress Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cousin Musvosvi ◽  
Peter S. Setimela ◽  
Mruthunjaya C. Wali ◽  
Edmore Gasura ◽  
Basavangouda B. Channappagoudar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Tropical Maize ◽  
Maize Germplasm ◽  
Secondary Traits

scholarly journals Phenological, Physiological and yield markers as efficient tools to identify drought tolerant rice genotypes in Eastern India

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumya Kumar Sahoo ◽  
Goutam Kumar Dash ◽  
Arti Guhey ◽  
Mirza Jaynul Baig ◽  
Madhusmita Barik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Eastern Region ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Drought Tolerant ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rice Genotypes ◽  
Highly Correlated

ABSTRACTRice production is severely threatened by drought stress in Eastern India. To develop drought tolerant varieties, selection of donors for breeding programme is crucial. Twenty one selected rice genotypes including both tolerant and sensitive to drought were grown under well-watered and drought stress conditions in dry seasons of two successive years of 2017 and 2018. Leaf water potential, relative water content displayed significant difference among the genotypes during vegetative screening. At reproductive stage drought screening, days to 50% flowering was delayed in all genotypes except N22 and Anjali (showed early flowering) however grain yield and other yield related traits decreased significantly compared to well watered condition. Correlation analysis of phenological and yield related traits with grain yield revealed that tiller numbers and panicle numbers are highly correlated with grain yield both under well-watered and water stress conditions and contributes maximum towards grain yield. The dendrogram grouped Mahamaya, Sahabhagidhan, Poornima, IBD 1, Hazaridhan, Samleshwari and Danteshwari into one cluster which performed better under water stress conditions and had grain yield more than 1.69 tha−1. Sahabhagidhan, Poornima, Vandana, and N22 displayed tolerance to drought both under vegetative and reproductive conditions which could be a good selection for the breeders to develop drought tolerant rice cultivars for eastern region of India.

scholarly journals Heat and Drought Stress Impact on Phenology, Grain Yield, and Nutritional Quality of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasnae Choukri ◽  
Kamal Hejjaoui ◽  
Adil El-Baouchi ◽  
Noureddine El haddad ◽  
Abdelaziz Smouni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Grain Yield ◽  
Nutritional Quality ◽  
Crude Protein ◽  
Lens Culinaris ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Crude Protein Content ◽  
Iron And Zinc ◽  
Zinc Concentrations

Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is a protein-rich cool-season food legume with an excellent source of protein, prebiotic carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. With climate change, heat, and drought stresses have become more frequent and intense in lentil growing areas with a strong influence on phenology, grain yield, and nutritional quality. This study aimed to assess the impact of heat and drought stresses on phenology, grain yield, and nutritional quality of lentil. For this purpose, 100 lentil genotypes from the global collection were evaluated under normal, heat, and combined heat-drought conditions. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences (p < 0.001) among lentil genotypes for phenological traits, yield components, and grain quality traits. Under no stress conditions, mineral concentrations among lentil genotypes varied from 48 to 109 mg kg−1 for iron (Fe) and from 31 to 65 mg kg−1 for zinc (Zn), while crude protein content ranged from 22.5 to 32.0%. Iron, zinc, and crude protein content were significantly reduced under stress conditions, and the effect of combined heat-drought stress was more severe than heat stress alone. A significant positive correlation was observed between iron and zinc concentrations under both no stress and stress conditions. Based on grain yield, crude protein, and iron and zinc concentrations, lentil genotypes were grouped into three clusters following the hierarchical cluster analysis. Promising lentil genotypes with high micronutrient contents, crude protein, and grain yield with the least effect of heat and drought stress were identified as the potential donors for biofortification in the lentil breeding program.

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