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Inayat H, Mehmood H, Danish S, Alharbi SA, Ansari MJ, Datta R. Impact of cobalt and proline foliar application for alleviation of salinity stress in radish. BMC Plant Biol 2024; 24:287. [PMID: 38627664 PMCID: PMC11020780 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04998-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Salinity stress ranks among the most prevalent stress globally, contributing to soil deterioration. Its negative impacts on crop productivity stem from mechanisms such as osmotic stress, ion toxicity, and oxidative stress, all of which impede plant growth and yield. The effect of cobalt with proline on mitigating salinity impact in radish plants is still unclear. That's why the current study was conducted with aim to explore the impact of different levels of Co and proline on radish cultivated in salt affected soils. There were four levels of cobalt, i.e., (0, 10, 15 and 20 mg/L) applied as CoSO4 and two levels of proline (0 and 0.25 mM), which were applied as foliar. The treatments were applied in a complete randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Results showed that 20 CoSO4 with proline showed improvement in shoot length (∼ 20%), root length (∼ 23%), plant dry weight (∼ 19%), and plant fresh weight (∼ 41%) compared to control. The significant increase in chlorophyll, physiological and biochemical attributes of radish plants compared to the control confirms the efficacy of 20 CoSO4 in conjunction with 10 mg/L proline for mitigating salinity stress. In conclusion, application of cobalt with proline can help to alleviate salinity stress in radish plants. However, multiple location experiments with various levels of cobalt and proline still needs in-depth investigations to validate the current findings.
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- Hira Inayat
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, 61300, Czech Republic
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Hareem M, Danish S, Pervez M, Irshad U, Fahad S, Dawar K, Alharbi SA, Ansari MJ, Datta R. Author Correction: Optimizing chili production in drought stress: combining Zn-quantum dot biochar and proline for improved growth and yield. Sci Rep 2024; 14:8333. [PMID: 38594300 PMCID: PMC11004006 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59029-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Misbah Hareem
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Woman University Multan, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 23200, Pakistan.
- Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Danish S, Hareem M, Dawar K, Naz T, Iqbal MM, Ansari MJ, Salmen SH, Datta R. The role of strigolactone in alleviating salinity stress in chili pepper. BMC Plant Biol 2024; 24:209. [PMID: 38519997 PMCID: PMC10960418 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04900-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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Salinity stress can significantly delay plant growth. It can disrupt water and nutrient uptake, reducing crop yields and poor plant health. The use of strigolactone can be an effective technique to overcome this issue. Strigolactone enhances plant growth by promoting root development and improvement in physiological attributes. The current pot study used strigolactone to amend chili under no salinity and salinity stress environments. There were four treatments, i.e., 0, 10µM strigolactone, 20µM strigolactone and 30µM strigolactone. All treatments were applied in four replications following a completely randomized design (CRD). Results showed that 20µM strigolactone caused a significant increase in chili plant height (21.07%), dry weight (33.60%), fruit length (19.24%), fruit girth (35.37%), and fruit yield (60.74%) compared to control under salinity stress. Significant enhancement in chili chlorophyll a (18.65%), chlorophyll b (43.52%), and total chlorophyll (25.09%) under salinity stress validated the effectiveness of 20µM strigolactone application as treatment over control. Furthermore, improvement in nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentration in leaves confirmed the efficient functioning of 20µM strigolactone compared to other concentrations under salinity stress. The study concluded that 20µM strigolactone is recommended for mitigating salinity stress in chili plants. Growers are advised to apply 20µM strigolactone to enhance their chili production under salinity stress.
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- Subhan Danish
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Woman University Multan, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Saline Agriculture Research Centre, Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38400, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, 244001, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, 61300, Czech Republic.
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Hareem M, Danish S, Pervez M, Irshad U, Fahad S, Dawar K, Alharbi SA, Ansari MJ, Datta R. Optimizing chili production in drought stress: combining Zn-quantum dot biochar and proline for improved growth and yield. Sci Rep 2024; 14:6627. [PMID: 38503869 PMCID: PMC10951368 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57204-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024] Open
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The reduction in crop productivity due to drought stress, is a major concern in agriculture. Drought stress usually disrupts photosynthesis by triggering oxidative stress and generating reactive oxygen species (ROS). The use of zinc-quantum dot biochar (ZQDB) and proline (Pro) can be effective techniques to overcome this issue. Biochar has the potential to improve the water use efficiency while proline can play an imperative role in minimization of adverse impacts of ROS Proline, functioning as an osmotic protector, efficiently mitigates the adverse effects of heavy metals on plants by maintaining cellular structure, scavenging free radicals, and ensuring the stability of cellular integrity. That's why current study explored the impact of ZQDB and proline on chili growth under drought stress. Four treatments, i.e., control, 0.4%ZQDB, 0.1 mM Pro, and 0.4%ZQDB + Pro, were applied in 4 replications following the complete randomized design. Results exhibited that 0.4%ZQDB + Pro caused an increases in chili plant dry weight (29.28%), plant height (28.12%), fruit length (29.20%), fruit girth (59.81%), and fruit yield (55.78%) over control under drought stress. A significant increment in chlorophyll a (18.97%), chlorophyll b (49.02%), and total chlorophyll (26.67%), compared to control under drought stress, confirmed the effectiveness of 0.4%ZQDB + Pro. Furthermore, improvement in leaves N, P, and K concentration over control validated the efficacy of 0.4%ZQDB + Pro against drought stress. In conclusion, 0.4%ZQDB + Pro can mitigate drought stress in chili. More investigations are suggested to declare 0.4%ZQDB + Pro as promising amendment for mitigation of drought stress in other crops as well under changing climatic situations.
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- Misbah Hareem
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Woman University Multan, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Campus, Abbottabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 23200, Pakistan.
- Department of Natural Sciences, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Younis U, Danish S, Datta R, Alahmadi TA, Ansari MJ. Sustainable remediation of chromium-contaminated soils: boosting radish growth with deashed biochar and strigolactone. BMC Plant Biol 2024; 24:115. [PMID: 38365582 PMCID: PMC10870680 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04791-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Chromium (Cr) stress significantly hinders crop production by disrupting nutrient uptake, impairing plant growth, and contaminating soil, posing a substantial threat to agricultural sustainability. The use of deashed biochar (DAB) and strigolactone can be an effective solution to mitigate this issue. Deashed biochar enhances crop production by improving soil structure, water retention, and nutrient availability while mitigating the bioavailability of toxic substances. Strigolactone boosts plant growth by stimulating root growth, branching, shoot formation, and overall plant physiology. Nevertheless, the scientific rationale behind their collective use as an amendment to counter Cr stress remains to be substantiated. Therefore, in this study, a blend of DAB and strigolactone was employed as additives in radish cultivation, both in the absence of Cr stress and under the influence of 200Cr stress. Four treatments, i.e., 0, 20µM Strigolactone, DAB, and 20µM Strigolactone + DAB, were applied in four replications following a completely randomized design. Results demonstrate that 20µM Strigolactone + DAB produced significant improvement in radish shoot length (27.29%), root length (45.60%), plant fresh weight (33.25%), and plant dry weight (78.91%), compared to the control under Cr stress. Significant enrichment in radish chlorophyll a (20.41%), chlorophyll b (58.53%), and total chlorophyll (31.54%) over the control under Cr stress, prove the efficacy of 20µM Strigolactone + DAB treatment. In conclusion, 20µM Strigolactone + DAB is the recommended amendment for mitigating Cr stress in radish. Farmers should consider using Strigolactone + DAB amendments to combat Cr stress and enhance radish growth, contributing to a more resilient agricultural ecosystem.
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- Uzma Younis
- Botany Department, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Sub Campus Rahim Yar Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, 61300, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, PO Box-2925, 11461, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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Roy AS, Banerjee K, Roy P, Shil R, Ravishankar R, Datta R, Sen A, Manna S, Ghosh TK, Mukherjee G, Rana TK, Kundu S, Nayak SS, Pandey R, Paul D, Atreya K, Basu S, Mukhopadhyay S, Pandit D, Kulkarni MS, Bhattacharya C. Measurement of energy and directional distribution of neutron ambient dose equivalent for the 7Li(p,n) 7Be reaction. Appl Radiat Isot 2024; 204:111140. [PMID: 38070360 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/31/2023]
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Double differential neutron fluence distributions were measured in the 7Li(p,n)7Be reaction for proton beam energies 7, 9 and 12 MeV. Seven liquid scintillator based detectors were employed to measure neutron fluence distributions using the Time of Flight technique. Neutron ambient dose equivalents were determined from the measured fluence distribution using ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) recommended fluence to dose equivalent conversion coefficients. Neutron dose equivalents were also measured using a conventional BF3 detector based REM counter. Ambient dose equivalent measured by the REM counter is found to be in agreement with that determined from the neutron fluence spectra within their uncertainties. Angular distributions of the ambient dose equivalents were also determined from the measured fluence distributions at different angles.
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- A S Roy
- Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India.
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal 731235, India
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- Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; RP&AD, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Health Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India; Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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Datta R. Enzymatic degradation of cellulose in soil: A review. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24022. [PMID: 38234915 PMCID: PMC10792583 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Cellulose degradation is a critical process in soil ecosystems, playing a vital role in nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition. Enzymatic degradation of cellulosic biomass is the most sustainable and green method of producing liquid biofuel. It has gained intensive research interest with future perspective as the majority of terrestrial lignocellulose biomass has a great potential to be used as a source of bioenergy. However, the recalcitrant nature of lignocellulose limits its use as a source of energy. Noteworthy enough, enzymatic conversion of cellulose biomass could be a leading future technology. Fungal enzymes play a central role in cellulose degradation. Our understanding of fungal cellulases has substantially redirected in the past few years with the discovery of a new class of enzymes and Cellulosome. Efforts have been made from time to time to develop an economically viable method of cellulose degradation. This review provides insights into the current state of knowledge regarding cellulose degradation in soil and identifies areas where further research is needed.
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- Rahul Datta
- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology. Mendel University In Brno, Czech Republic
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Penner C, Datta R, Ebube J, Romberg N. Enterobacter cloacae, a Rare Cause of Cervical Lymphadenitis in X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease. J Clin Immunol 2023; 43:1782-1783. [PMID: 37768436 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-023-01586-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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- Cooper Penner
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Chestnut Hill Hospital, Temple Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Tandel J, Tandel Y, Kapadia C, Singh S, Gandhi K, Datta R, Singh S, Yirgu A. Nontargeted Metabolite Profiling of the Most Prominent Indian Mango ( Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars Using Different Extraction Methods. ACS Omega 2023; 8:40184-40205. [PMID: 37929128 PMCID: PMC10620928 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c03670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Aroma has a crucial role in assessing the quality of fresh fruit and its processed versions, which serve as reliable indications for advancing local cultivars in the mango industry. The aroma of mango is attributed to a complex of hundreds of volatile, polar, and nonpolar metabolites belonging to different chemical classes like monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, nonterpene hydrocarbons (alkanes), alcohols, esters, fatty acids, aldehydes, lactones, amides, amines, ethers, and many more. This study looked at the volatile, nonpolar, and polar metabolites from 16 mango cultivars to determine their relative quantities and intervarietal changes using hexane, ethanol, and solid-phase microextraction (SPME), followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. In total, 58 volatile compounds through SPME, 50 nonpolar metabolites from hexane extract, and 52 polar metabolites from ethanol extract were detected from all of the cultivars, belonging to various chemical classes. Through the SPME method, all 16 mango cultivars except Dashehari and Neelum exhibited abundant monoterpenes with maximum concentration in Kesar (91.00%) and minimum in Amrapali (60.66%). However, the abundance of fatty acids and sesquiterpenes was detected in Dashehari (37.91%) and Neelum (74.80%), respectively. In the hexane extract, 23 nonterpene hydrocarbons exhibited abundance in all 16 mango cultivars except Baneshan, with a higher concentration in Dashehari (95.45%) and lower in Ratna (77.63%). The ethanol extraction of 16 mango cultivars showed a higher concentration of esters, aldehydes, alcohols, and amides in Jamadar (52.16%), Dadamio (74.30%), Langra (64.38%), and Kesar (37.10%), respectively. There have been a lot of metabolite variations observed and analyzed using hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) based on the similarity of various chemical compounds. Cluster analysis revealed the true similarity and pedigree of different mango cultivars, viz., Neeleswari, Dashehari, Neelum, Alphonso, Baneshan, Sonpari, and Neeleshan. They occupied the same cluster during analysis.
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- Jinal Tandel
- Department
of Fruit Science, Aspee College of Horticulture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396450, India
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- Department
of Fruit Science, Aspee College of Horticulture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396450, India
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- Aspee
Shakilam Biotechnology Institute, Navsari
Agricultural University, God Dod Road, Athwa Farm, Surat, Gujarat 395007, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Biotechnology, Smt. S. S. Patel Nootan Science and Commerce College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat 384315, India
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- Researcher
II, Central Ethiopia Environment and Forestry Research Centre, P.O. Box 33042 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Meddya S, Meshram S, Sarkar D, S R, Datta R, Singh S, Avinash G, Kumar Kondeti A, Savani AK, Thulasinathan T. Plant Stomata: An Unrealized Possibility in Plant Defense against Invading Pathogens and Stress Tolerance. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:3380. [PMID: 37836120 PMCID: PMC10574665 DOI: 10.3390/plants12193380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
Stomata are crucial structures in plants that play a primary role in the infection process during a pathogen's attack, as they act as points of access for invading pathogens to enter host tissues. Recent evidence has revealed that stomata are integral to the plant defense system and can actively impede invading pathogens by triggering plant defense responses. Stomata interact with diverse pathogen virulence factors, granting them the capacity to influence plant susceptibility and resistance. Moreover, recent studies focusing on the environmental and microbial regulation of stomatal closure and opening have shed light on the epidemiology of bacterial diseases in plants. Bacteria and fungi can induce stomatal closure using pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), effectively preventing entry through these openings and positioning stomata as a critical component of the plant's innate immune system; however, despite this defense mechanism, some microorganisms have evolved strategies to overcome stomatal protection. Interestingly, recent research supports the hypothesis that stomatal closure caused by PAMPs may function as a more robust barrier against pathogen infection than previously believed. On the other hand, plant stomatal closure is also regulated by factors such as abscisic acid and Ca2+-permeable channels, which will also be discussed in this review. Therefore, this review aims to discuss various roles of stomata during biotic and abiotic stress, such as insects and water stress, and with specific context to pathogens and their strategies for evading stomatal defense, subverting plant resistance, and overcoming challenges faced by infectious propagules. These pathogens must navigate specific plant tissues and counteract various constitutive and inducible resistance mechanisms, making the role of stomata in plant defense an essential area of study.
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- Sandipan Meddya
- School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India
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- School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, India
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- Department of Agriculture, Integral Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Integral University, Lucknow 226026, India;
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736165, India;
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Smt. S. S. Patel Nootan Science and Commerce College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar 384315, India;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141027, India;
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- Department of Agronomy, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal 518502, India;
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat 785013, India;
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, India;
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Chen JH, Arceri T, Datta R, Sullivan KE. Delayed post-COVID-19 hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patient with XIAP deficiency. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2023; 34:e14028. [PMID: 37747746 DOI: 10.1111/pai.14028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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- Jonathan H Chen
- Department of Internal Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, Main Line Health, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Nguyen K, Lewis MO, Hanna E, Alfaro MKC, Corrigan K, Buonanno J, Datta R, Brown-Whitehorn T, Spergel JM, Cianferoni A. Safety of Multifood Oral Immunotherapy in Children Aged 1 to 18 Years at an Academic Pediatric Clinic. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2023; 11:1907-1913.e1. [PMID: 36907355 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Oral immunotherapy (OIT) aims to increase the reaction threshold to a food allergen and decrease the risk of a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction in the event of an accidental ingestion. Whereas single-food OIT is the most extensively studied, data on multifood OIT are limited. OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to examine the safety and feasibility of single-food and multifood immunotherapy in a large cohort in an outpatient pediatric allergy clinic setting. METHODS A retrospective review of patients enrolled in single-food and multifood OIT between September 1, 2019, and September 30, 2020, and data collection of those patients until November 19, 2021, were performed. RESULTS There were 151 patients who underwent either an initial dose escalation (IDE) or a standard oral food challenge. Seventy-eight patients were receiving single-food OIT with 67.9% reaching maintenance. Fifty patients were undergoing multifood OIT with 86% reaching maintenance to at least 1 OIT food and 68% reaching maintenance for all their foods. Of the 229 IDEs, there were low frequencies of failed IDEs (10.9%), epinephrine administration (8.7%), emergency department referrals (0.4%), and hospital admission (0.4%). Cashew accounted for one-third of failed IDEs. Epinephrine administration during home dosing occurred in 8.6% of patients. Eleven patients discontinued OIT owing to symptoms during up-dosing. No patients discontinued once reaching maintenance. CONCLUSIONS Desensitization to 1 food or multiple foods simultaneously through OIT appears to be safe and feasible using the OIT protocol that has been established. The most common adverse reaction causing discontinuation of OIT was gastrointestinal symptoms.
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- Kim Nguyen
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa
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Joshi N, Saraf M, Jha CK, Sudha A, Alharbi SA, Alfarraj S, Datta R. Harnessing the efficacy of multifunctional rhizobacterial consortia for promoting the growth of Anethum graveolens L. Front Sustain Food Syst 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1126621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023] Open
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Co-cultures of bacteria are more metabolically flexible and more tolerant to changes in the environment than single cultures. In order to test for plant growth promotion in a medicinal herb Anethum graveolens L, potent phosphate-solubilizing rhizobacteria were selected, characterized and assessed for their compatibility with each other. Molecular identification of isolates was made by 16s rRNA sequence, and they were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosaNJC4 (OP289324), Serratia marcescens NJC21 (OP289323) and Bacillus spp. Dual species consortia, namely, Bacillus spp. + Serratia marcescens NJC21 (T1), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa NJC4 + Serratia marcescens NJC21 (T2), were tested for their ability to produce multiple plant beneficial activities such as phosphate solubilization, and ammonia and indole acetic acid production. The best isolate and consortium were evaluated for plant growth promotion activity. A plant treated with consortia T-2 seemed most effective in seed emergence at 84.66%, which was four times superior to the control. Growth and yield characters, along with all different rhizobacterial treatments, were examined by principal component analysis (PCA), where PC1 can explain 51.37% of the total variance and PC2 can explain 26.75%. PC1 was associated with wet biomass, chlorophyll b, and total chlorophyll content, which reflect the strong influence of consortia T-1. At the same time, PC2 was found to be related to dry biomass and chlorophyll a content. This study lends credence to the theory that microbial consortiums consisting of more than one efficient strains may be more effective than single cultures in boosting the increase of agricultural output in a sustainable way.
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Kapadia C, Datta R, Mahammad SM, Tomar RS, Kheni JK, Ercisli S. Genome-Wide Identification, Quantification, and Validation of Differentially Expressed miRNAs in Eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.) Based on Their Response to Ralstonia solanacearum Infection. ACS Omega 2023; 8:2648-2657. [PMID: 36687045 PMCID: PMC9851032 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c07097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a type of short noncoding RNA molecule (21-23 nucleotides), mediate repressive gene regulation through RNA silencing at the posttranscriptional level and play an important role in the defense response to abiotic and biotic stresses. miRNAs of the plant system have been studied in model crops for their diverse regulatory role while less is known about their significance in other plants whose genome and transcriptome data are scarce in the database, including eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). In the present study, a next-generation sequencing platform was used for the sequencing of miRNA, and real-time quantitative PCR for miRNAs was used to validate the gene expression patterns of miRNAs in Solanum melongena plantlets infected with the bacterial wilt-causing pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum (R. solanacearum). Sequence analyses showed the presence of 375 miRNAs belonging to 29 conserved families. The miR414 is highly conserved miRNA across the plant system while miR5658 and miR5021 were found exclusively in Arabidopsis thaliana surprisingly, these miRNAs were found in eggplants too. The most abundant families were miR5658 and miR414. Ppt-miR414, hvu-miR444b, stu-miR8020, and sly miR5303 were upregulated in Pusa purple long (PPL) (susceptible) at 48 h postinfection, followed by a decline after 96 h postinfection. A similar trend was obtained in ath-miR414, stu-mir5303h, alymiR847-5p, far-miR1134, ath-miR5021, ath-miR5658, osa-miR2873c, lja-miR7530, stu-miR7997c, and gra-miR8741 but at very low levels after infection in the susceptible variety, indicating their negative role in the suppression of host immunity. On the other hand, osa-miR2873c was found to be slightly increased after 96 hpi from 48 hpi. Most of the miRNAs under study showed relatively lower expression in the resistant variety Arka Nidhi after infection than in the susceptible variety. These results shed light on a deeper regulatory role of miRNAs and their targets in regulation of the plant response to bacterial infection. The present experiment and their results suggested that the higher expression of miRNA leads to a decline in host mRNA and thus shows susceptibility.
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- Chintan Kapadia
- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396450, India
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari 396450, India
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Junagadh
Agricultural University, Junagadh 362 001, India
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- Department
of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Junagadh
Agricultural University, Junagadh 362 001, India
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- Department
of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
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Dawar K, Khan AA, Jahangir MM, Mian IA, Khan B, Ahmad B, Fahad S, Moustafa M, Al-Shehri M, Mubashir M, Datta R, Danish S. Effect of Nitrogen in Combination with Different Levels of Sulfur on Wheat Growth and Yield. ACS Omega 2023; 8:279-288. [PMID: 36643484 PMCID: PMC9835628 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c04054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
As macronutrients, management of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) is prime in importance when wheat is cultivated. Both have a significant impact on the improvement of growth and yield attributes. In addition, S and N also play an imperative role in the enhancement of seed protein contents. However, the need of the time is the selection of their optimum application rate for the achievement of maximum wheat productivity. That is why the current study was planned to examine the impact of variable application rates of S and N on wheat. There are 12 treatments, i.e., control (no nitrogen (0N) + no sulfur (0S)), 40 kg/ha N (40N + 0S), 80 kg/ha N (80N + 0S), 120 kg/ha N (120N + 0S), 30 kg/ha sulfur (30S), 40N + 30S, 80N + 30S, 120N + 30S, 60 kg/ha sulfur (60S), 40N + 60S, 80N + 60S, and 120N + 60S, applied in three replications. The results showed that plant height, grains/spike, spike/m2, and 1000 grain weight were significantly improved by the addition of 120N + 60S. A significant enhancement of grain N contents, N uptake, and protein contents of wheat validated the efficient role of 120N + 60S over 0N and 0S. In conclusion, 120N + 60S is a better treatment for the achievement of maximum wheat yield. More investigations under variable soil textures and climatic conditions are suggested under different climates to declare 120N + 60S as the best amendment for wheat growth and yield improvement.
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- Khadim Dawar
- Department
of Soil and Environmental Science, The University
of Agriculture, Peshawar, Peshawar25130, Pakistan
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- Department
of Soil and Environmental Science, The University
of Agriculture, Peshawar, Peshawar25130, Pakistan
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- Department
of Soil and Environmental Science, The University
of Agriculture, Peshawar, Peshawar25130, Pakistan
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- Department
of Environmental Sciences, University of
Peshawar, Peshawar25120, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department
of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar25130, Pakistan
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- Department
of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan23200, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department
of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Khalid
University, Abha61413, Saudi Arabia
- Department
of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena83523, Egypt
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- Department
of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Khalid
University, Abha61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Soil
and Water Testing Laboratory for Research, Multan60000, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department
of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan60000, Punjab, Pakistan
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Datta R. Determining candidates for peanut oral immunotherapy: Insights from the RAMSES trial. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2022; 129:661-662. [PMID: 36464393 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rahul Datta
- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Kachhadia R, Kapadia C, Datta R, Jajda H, Danish S, Glick BR. Cloning and characterization of Aiia, an acylhomoserine lactonase from Bacillus cereus RC1 to control soft rot causing pathogen Lelliottia amnigena RCE. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:665. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03271-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Jabborova D, Davranov K, Jabbarov Z, Bhowmik SN, Ercisli S, Danish S, Singh S, Desouky SE, Elazzazy AM, Nasif O, Datta R. Dual Inoculation of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacillus endophyticus and Funneliformis mosseae Improves Plant Growth and Soil Properties in Ginger. ACS Omega 2022; 7:34779-34788. [PMID: 36211029 PMCID: PMC9535732 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Co-inoculation with beneficial microbes has been suggested as a useful practice for the enhancement of plant growth, nutrient uptake, and soil nutrients. For the first time in Uzbekistan the role of plant-growth-promoting Bacillus endophyticus IGPEB 33 and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on plant growth, the physiological properties of ginger (Zingiber officinale), and soil enzymatic activities was studied. Moreover, the coinoculation of B. endophyticus IGPEB 33 and AMF treatment significantly increased the plant height by 81%, leaf number by 70%, leaf length by 82%, and leaf width by 40% compared to the control. B. endophyticus IGPEB 33 individually increased plant height significantly by 51%, leaf number by 56%, leaf length by 67%, and leaf width by 27% as compared to the control treatment. Compared to the control, B. endophyticus IGPEB 33 and AMF individually significantly increased chlorophyll a by 81-58%, chlorophyll b by 68-37%, total chlorophyll by 74-53%, and carotenoid content by 67-55%. However, combination of B. endophyticus IGPEB 33 and AMF significantly increased chlorophyll a by 86%, chlorophyll b by 72%, total chlorophyll by 82%, and carotenoid content by 83% compared to the control. Additionally, plant-growth-promoting B. endophyticus IGPEB 33 and AMF inoculation improved soil nutrients and soil enzyme activities compared to the all treatments. Co-inoculation with plant-growth-promoting B. endophyticus and AMF could be an alternative for the production of ginger that is more beneficial to soil nutrient deficiencies. We suggest that a combination of plant-growth-promoting B. endophyticus and AMF inoculation could be a more sustainable and eco-friendly approach in a nutrient-deficient soil.
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- Dilfuza Jabborova
- Institute
of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Kibray 111208, Uzbekistan
- Faculty
of Biology, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan
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- Institute
of Microbiology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan
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- Faculty
of Biology, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan
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- Division
of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural
Research Institute, Pusa,
New Delhi 110012, India
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- Department
of Horticulture, Agricultural Faculty, Ataturk
University, Erzurum 252240, Turkey
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- Department
of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Biotechnology, Smt. S. S. Patel Nootan
Science & Commerce College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar 384315, Gujarat, India
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- Department
of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science,
Al-azhar University, 11884 Nasr, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- King Saud
University, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and King
Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, P.O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Waites W, Cavaliere M, Danos V, Datta R, Eggo RM, Hallett TB, Manheim D, Panovska-Griffiths J, Russell TW, Zarnitsyna VI. Compositional modelling of immune response and virus transmission dynamics. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2022; 380:20210307. [PMID: 35965463 PMCID: PMC9376723 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
Transmission models for infectious diseases are typically formulated in terms of dynamics between individuals or groups with processes such as disease progression or recovery for each individual captured phenomenologically, without reference to underlying biological processes. Furthermore, the construction of these models is often monolithic: they do not allow one to readily modify the processes involved or include the new ones, or to combine models at different scales. We show how to construct a simple model of immune response to a respiratory virus and a model of transmission using an easily modifiable set of rules allowing further refining and merging the two models together. The immune response model reproduces the expected response curve of PCR testing for COVID-19 and implies a long-tailed distribution of infectiousness reflective of individual heterogeneity. This immune response model, when combined with a transmission model, reproduces the previously reported shift in the population distribution of viral loads along an epidemic trajectory. This article is part of the theme issue 'Technical challenges of modelling real-life epidemics and examples of overcoming these'.
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- W. Waites
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Disease, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Computing and Mathematics, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- Département d’Informatique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- Datta Enterprises LLC, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- The Big Data Institute and the Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Datta R, Russell DR, Tang I, Clayson T, Suttle LG, Chittenden JP, Lebedev SV, Hare JD. Time-resolved velocity and ion sound speed measurements from simultaneous bow shock imaging and inductive probe measurements. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:103530. [PMID: 36319372 DOI: 10.1063/5.0098823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
We present a technique to measure the time-resolved velocity and ion sound speed in magnetized, supersonic high-energy-density plasmas. We place an inductive ("b-dot") probe in a supersonic pulsed-power-driven plasma flow and measure the magnetic field advected by the plasma. As the magnetic Reynolds number is large (RM > 10), the plasma flow advects a magnetic field proportional to the current at the load. This enables us to estimate the flow velocity as a function of time from the delay between the current at the load and the signal at the probe. The supersonic flow also generates a hydrodynamic bow shock around the probe, the structure of which depends on the upstream sonic Mach number. By imaging the shock around the probe with a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, we determine the upstream Mach number from the shock Mach angle, which we then use to determine the ion sound speed from the known upstream velocity. We use the sound speed to infer the value of Z̄Te, where Z̄ is the average ionization and Te is the electron temperature. We use this diagnostic to measure the time-resolved velocity and sound speed of a supersonic (MS ∼ 8), super-Alfvénic (MA ∼ 2) aluminum plasma generated during the ablation stage of an exploding wire array on the Magpie generator (1.4 MA, 250 ns). The velocity and Z̄Te measurements agree well with the optical Thompson scattering measurements reported in the literature and with 3D resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations in GORGON.
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- R Datta
- Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom
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- Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Javaid N, Ramzan M, Khan IA, Alahmadi TA, Datta R, Fahad S, Danish S. The chloroplast genome of Farsetia hamiltonii Royle, phylogenetic analysis, and comparative study with other members of Clade C of Brassicaceae. BMC Plant Biol 2022; 22:384. [PMID: 35918648 PMCID: PMC9344719 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03750-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Farsetia hamiltonii Royle is a medicinally important annual plant from the Cholistan desert that belongs to the tribe Anastaticeae and clade C of the Brassicaceae family. We provide the entire chloroplast sequence of F.hamiltonii, obtained using the Illumina HiSeq2500 and paired-end sequencing. We compared F. hamiltonii to nine other clade C species, including Farsetia occidentalis, Lobularia libyca, Notoceras bicorne, Parolinia ornata, Morettia canescens, Cochlearia borzaeana, Megacarpaea polyandra, Biscutella laevigata, and Iberis amara. We conducted phylogenetic research on the 22 Brassicaceae species, which included members from 17 tribes and six clades. RESULTS The chloroplast genome sequence of F.hamiltonii of 154,802 bp sizes with 36.30% GC content and have a typical structure comprised of a Large Single Copy (LSC) of 83,906 bp, a Small Single Copy (SSC) of 17,988 bp, and two copies of Inverted Repeats (IRs) of 26,454 bp. The genomes of F. hamiltonii and F. occidentalis show shared amino acid frequencies and codon use, RNA editing sites, simple sequence repeats, and oligonucleotide repeats. The maximum likelihood tree revealed Farsetia as a monophyletic genus, closely linked to Morettia, with a bootstrap score of 100. The rate of transversion substitutions (Tv) was higher than the rate of transition substitutions (Ts), resulting in Ts/Tv less than one in all comparisons with F. hamiltonii, indicating that the species are closely related. The rate of synonymous substitutions (Ks) was greater than non-synonymous substitutions (Ka) in all comparisons with F. hamiltonii, with a Ka/Ks ratio smaller than one, indicating that genes underwent purifying selection. Low nucleotide diversity values range from 0.00085 to 0.08516, and IR regions comprise comparable genes on junctions with minimal change, supporting the conserved status of the selected chloroplast genomes of the clade C of the Brassicaceae family. We identified ten polymorphic regions, including rps8-rpl14, rps15-ycf1, ndhG-ndhI, psbK-psbI, ccsA-ndhD, rpl36-rps8, petA-psbJ, ndhF-rpl32, psaJ-rpl3, and ycf1 that might be exploited to construct genuine and inexpensive to solve taxonomic discrepancy and understand phylogenetic relationship amongst Brassicaceae species. CONCLUSION The entire chloroplast sequencing of F. hamiltonii sheds light on the divergence of genic chloroplast sequences among members of the clade C. When other Farsetia species are sequenced in the future, the full F. hamiltonii chloroplast will be used as a source for comprehensive taxonomical investigations of the genus. The comparison of F. hamiltonii and other clade C species adds new information to the phylogenetic data and evolutionary processes of the clade. The results of this study will also provide further molecular uses of clade C chloroplasts for possible plant genetic modifications and will help recognise more Brassicaceae family species.
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- Nida Javaid
- Department of Botany, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, The Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
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- Jamil-ur-Rahman Center for Genome Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 Pakistan
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, PO Box-2925, Riyadh, 11461 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Haripur, 22620 Pakistan
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 China
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 China
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800 Punjab Pakistan
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Singh SU, Prasad RB, Punga R, Datta R, Singh N. A comparison of the outcomes following intra-articular steroid injection alone or arthrocentesis alone in the management of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint. Natl J Maxillofac Surg 2022; 13:S80-S84. [PMID: 36393924 PMCID: PMC9651214 DOI: 10.4103/njms.njms_291_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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CONTEXT One of the main causes of chronic facial pain is temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) which may turn out to be a major cause for disability. The two types of treatment strategies may be undertaken to counter temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, namely conservative management and surgical intervention. Surgical management can be classified into invasive open methods and minimally invasive procedures such as arthrocentesis, intra-articular steroid injection, and arthroscopy. AIMS The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of Kenacort (Triamcinolone) as an intra-articular corticosteroid injection and arthrocentesis for lysis and lavage, for the treatment of the temporomandibular joint disorders. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty patients with internal derangement of temporomandibular joint (IDTMJ) not responding to conservative management and meeting the inclusion criteria randomly underwent either intra-articular steroid injection or arthrocentesis and the results of the two procedures were evaluated and compared. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED Unpaired t-test, repeated-measures ANOVA. A value of P < 0.05 is considered to be statistically significant. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Both procedures turned out to be successful in reducing pain and improving mouth opening, both in a short-term and a long-term use. Upon comparison in our series of patients, arthrocentesis was noted to be a better treatment modality in the long term for the management of IDTMJ.
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- Surya Udai Singh
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India,Address for correspondence: Dr. Surya Udai Singh, H NO, 1456 Sector 42 B, Chandigarh, India. E-mail:
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharda University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Private Practice, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Cheema Hospital, Chandigarh, India
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- Private Practice, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Delhi, India
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Kachhadia R, Kapadia C, Singh S, Gandhi K, Jajda H, Alfarraj S, Ansari MJ, Danish S, Datta R. Quorum Sensing Inhibitory and Quenching Activity of Bacillus cereus RC1 Extracts on Soft Rot-Causing Bacteria Lelliottia amnigena. ACS Omega 2022; 7:25291-25308. [PMID: 35910130 PMCID: PMC9330221 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c02202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The quorum sensing (QS) system of bacteria helps them to communicate with each other in a density-dependent manner and regulates pathogenicity. The concentrations of autoinducers, peptides, and signaling factors are required for determining the expression of virulence factors in many pathogens. The QS signals of the pathogen are regulated by the signal transduction pathway. The binding of signal molecules to its cognate receptor brings changes in the structure of the receptor, makes it more accessible to the DNA, and thus regulates diverse expression patterns, including virulence factors. Degrading the autoinducer molecules or disturbing the quorum sensing network could be exploited to control the virulence of the pathogen while avoiding multidrug-resistant phenotypes. The rhizosphere is a tremendous source of beneficial microbes that has not yet been explored properly for its anti-quorum sensing potential. Lelliottia amnigena causes soft rot diseases in onion, potato, and other species. The present investigation was carried out with the aim of isolating the anti-quorum sensing metabolites and elucidating their role in controlling the virulence factors of the pathogen by performing a maceration assay. The ethyl acetate extracts of various bacteria are promising for violacein inhibition assay using Chromobacterium violaceum MTCC2656 and pyocyanin inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC2297. Therefore, the extract was used to deduce its role in attenuation of soft rot in potato, carrot, and cucumber. The maximum reduction of macerated tissue in carrot, potato, and cucumber was given by Bacillus cereus RC1 at 91.22, 97.59, and 88.78%, respectively. The concentration-dependent inhibition of virulence traits was observed during the entire experiment. The quorum quenching potential of the bacterial extract was used to understand the regulatory metabolites. The data of the diffusible zone and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed that diketopiperazines, viz. Cyclo(d-phenylalanyl-l-prolyl), Cyclo Phe-Val, Cyclo(Pro-Ala), Cyclo(l-prolyl-l-valine), Cyclo (Leu-Leu), and Cyclo(-Leu-Pro), are prominent metabolites that could modulate the pathogenicity in L. amnigena RCE. The interaction of bacterial extracts regulates various metabolites of the pathogens during their growth in liquid culture compared to their control counterparts. This study might help in exploiting the metabolites from bacteria to control the pathogens, with concurrent reduction in the pathogenicity of the pathogens without developing antibiotic resistance.
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- Rinkal Kachhadia
- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Department
of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, ASPEE College of Horticulture
and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Food
Quality Testing Laboratory, N. M. College Of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Gujarat
Agricultural Biotech Institute, Navsari
Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396450, India
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- Zoology
Department, College of Science, King Saud
University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma
Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), 244001, India
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- Hainan
Key
Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College
of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department
of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno 61300, Czech Republic
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Hoseini A, Salehi A, Sayyed RZ, Balouchi H, Moradi A, Piri R, Fazeli-Nasab B, Poczai P, Ansari MJ, Obaid SA, Datta R. Efficacy of biological agents and fillers seed coating in improving drought stress in anise. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:955512. [PMID: 35937352 PMCID: PMC9355580 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.955512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Many plants, including anise, have tiny, non-uniform seeds with low and light nutrient reserves. The seeds also show a weak establishment, especially under stressful conditions where their accurate planting in the soil and optimal yield are tough. This study sought to improve anise seeds' physical and physiological characteristics under drought stress. To this end, two factorial experiments under laboratory and greenhouse conditions were performed in a completely randomized design with 4 and 3 replications, respectively. Five levels of seed inoculation (inoculation with T36 and T43 of Trichoderma harzianum, and CHA0 and B52 of Pseudomonas fluorescent, and non-inoculation which means that control seeds were not treated with microbial inoculant), three levels of coating (K10P20, K10P10V5, and non-coating), and three levels of drought stress (0, -3, and -6 bars) were considered as the factorial experiment [vermiculite (V), kaolin (K), and perlite (P) numbers refer to the amount of material used in grams]. The laboratory experiment revealed that the combined treatments of bio-agents with coating increased the physical and germination characteristics of anise seeds compared to the control treatment. The greenhouse experiment showed that drought stress reduced the initial growth indices. Still, the combination treatments of biological agents and coating (fillers) could alleviate the destructive effects of drought stress to some extent and improve these indices. The best treatment was provided by T36 and K10P20 in both experiments, which significantly increased morphological indices.
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- Atefeh Hoseini
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s S I Patil Arts, G B Patel Science, and STKV Sangh Commerce College, Shahada, India
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Agriculture Institute, Research Institute of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
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- Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College, (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czechia
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are salts, composed of asymmetric cations and anions, typically existing as liquids at ambient temperatures. They have found widespread applications in energy storage devices, dye-sensitized solar cells, and sensors because of their high ionic conductivity and inherent thermal stability. However, measuring the conductivity of ILs by physical methods is time-consuming and expensive, whereas the use of computational screening and testing methods can be rapid and effective. In this study, we used experimentally measured and published data to construct a deep neural network capable of making rapid and accurate predictions of the conductivity of ILs. The neural network is trained on 406 unique and chemically diverse ILs. This model is one of the most chemically diverse conductivity prediction models to date and improves on previous studies that are constrained by the availability of data, the environmental conditions, or the IL base. Feature engineering techniques were employed to identify key chemo-structural characteristics that correlate positively or negatively with the ionic conductivity. These features are capable of being used as guidelines to design and synthesize new highly conductive ILs. This work shows the potential for machine-learning models to accelerate the rate of identification and testing of tailored, high-conductivity ILs.
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- R. Datta
- The Galloway School, Atlanta, Georgia 30327, USA
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- The School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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- The School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Datta R, Jones SM. Cracking the Nut: Oral Immunotherapy Conundrums. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2022; 10:1664-1665.e8. [PMID: 35688502 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- Rahul Datta
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Ark
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Irshad M, Ullah F, Mehmood S, Al-Huqail AA, Fahad S, Siddiqui MH, Ali HM, Saud S, Danish S, Datta R, Dawar K. Mulching impact of Jatropha curcas L. leaves on soil fertility and yield of wheat under water stress. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8891. [PMID: 35614339 PMCID: PMC9132902 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In present studies we have evaluated mulching impact of Jatropha curcas leaves on soil health and yield of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties Wadan-2017 (rainfed) and Pirsabak-2013 (irrigated) under imposed water stress. Mulch of Jatropha leaves was spread on the soil surface at the rate of 0, 1, 3 and 5 Mg ha-1 after seed germination of wheat. Water stress was imposed by skipping irrigations for one month at anthesis stage of wheat maintaining 40% soil field capacity. We found a significant decline in soil microbial biomass carbon (30.27%), total nitrogen (22.28%) and organic matter content (21.73%) due to imposed water stress in non-mulch plots. However, mulch application at 5 Mg ha-1 significantly improved soil organic matter (38.18%), total nitrogen (37.75%), phenolics content (16.95 mg gallic acid equivalents/g) and soil microbial biomass carbon (26.66%) as compared to non-mulch control. Soil health indicators like soil carbonates, bicarbonates, electrical conductivity, chloride ions and total dissolved salts were decreased by 5 Mg ha-1 mulch application. We noted a decline in yield indicators like spike weight (14.74%), grain spike-1 (7.02%), grain length (3.79%), grain width (3.16%), 1000 grains weight (6.10%), Awn length (9.21%), straw weight (23.53%) and total grain yield (5.98%) of wheat due to imposed water stress. Reduction in yield traits of wheat due to water stress was higher in Pirsabak-2013 than Wadan-2017. Jatropha leaves mulch application at 5 Mg ha-1 significantly minimized the loss in yield traits of wheat crop caused by water stress. Jatropha curcas leaves mulch application at 5 Mg ha-1 is recommended for the successful establishment of wheat crop under water deficit conditions.
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- Muhammad Irshad
- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, Pakistan
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- Chair of Climate Change, Environmental Development and Vegetation Cover, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bio Resource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, Hainan, China. .,Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Chair of Climate Change, Environmental Development and Vegetation Cover, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Chair of Climate Change, Environmental Development and Vegetation Cover, Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Life Science, Linyi University, Linyi, 276000, Shandong, China.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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Dawar K, Khan A, Mian IA, Khan B, Ali S, Ahmad S, Szulc P, Fahad S, Datta R, Hatamleh AA, Al-Dosary MA, Danish S. Maize productivity and soil nutrients variations by the application of vermicompost and biochar. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0267483. [PMID: 35544552 PMCID: PMC9094532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Poor soil organic matter is one of the major causes of the deterioration of soil health. Most soils fertility is also decreased when enough organic carbon is not present in the soil. Maize is most susceptible to this poor soil fertility status. A significant amount of maize growth and yield is lost when it is cultivated in low organic matter and poor fertility soil. To overcome this issue organic amendments can play an imperative role. Biochar and vermicompost are organic amendments that can not only improve organic residues but also increase soil nutrient concentration. The current experiment was conducted to explore the sole and combined application of both organic amendments with recommended NPK fertilizer. Four treatments were tested i.e., control, biochar (BC1), vermicompost (VC1) and VC1+BC1 with and without nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in the experiment. Results showed that VC1+BC1+NPK performed significantly best for improvement in maize plant height (6.25 and 3.00%), 1000 grains weight (30.48 and 29.40%), biological yield (18.86 and 43.12%) and grains yield (30.58 and 39.59%) compared to BC0+VC0+NPK and control respectively. A significant improvement in soil N, P and K also validated the efficacious role of VC1+BC1+NPK over BC0+VC0+NPK and control. Treatment VC1+BC1+NPK is recommended for the achievement of better maize growth and yield in poor organic matter soils. More investigations are suggested in variable climatic conditions to declare VC1+BC1+NPK as the best amendment compared to control for enhancing soil N, P and K status as well as maize productivity.
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- Khadim Dawar
- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Amir Muhammad Khan Campus Mardan, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Dojazd, Poznan, Poland
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Department of Soil Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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Sardar R, Zulfiqar A, Ahmed S, Shah AA, Iqbal RK, Hussain S, Danish S, Ghafoor U, Fahad S, Krucky J, Al Obaid S, Ansari MJ, Datta R. Proteomic changes in various plant tissues associated with chromium stress in sunflower. Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:2604-2612. [PMID: 35531205 PMCID: PMC9072932 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Heavy metal stress is one of the major abiotic stresses that cause environmental pollution in recent decades. An elevated concentration of these heavy metals is highly toxic to plant. Chromium (Cr) is one of the heavy metals whose concentration in the environment is still increasing alarmingly. It is harmful for plant growth and achene yield. To check out the growth and protein alternation towards pollutants, two sunflower varieties (RA-713 and AHO-33) were subjected to different chromium concentrations (control, 200 ppm, 400 ppm) by soil application. This study has elaborated that 400 ppm Cr resulted in a reduction of various growth parameters. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) was used to enhance the understanding of plant proteomic modulation under Cr stress. Different protein bands like 48 and 49, 26 kDa have newly appeared, and three 60, 47, and 42 kDa, and two protein bands 49 and 13 kDa were up-regulated in seeds of RA-713 and AHO-33, respectively. Some proteins (52, 16 kDa) are down-regulated in leaf tissues of both varieties. Only 6 and 81 kDa protein showed up-regulation and 154 kDa down-regulation behavior in the shoot in response to stress. The finding s of study might support the selection of tolerant genotype under Cr contamination and the discovery of new protein biomarkers that can use as monitoring tools in heavy metal stress biology.
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Ahmed N, Ehsan A, Danish S, Ali MA, Fahad S, Dawar K, Taban S, Akça H, Shah AA, Ansari MJ, Babur E, Süha Uslu Ö, Datta R, Glick BR. Mitigation of lead (Pb) toxicity in rice cultivated with either ground water or wastewater by application of acidified carbon. J Environ Manage 2022; 307:114521. [PMID: 35092889 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Toxicity induced by a high concentration of lead (Pb) can significantly decrease plant's growth, gas exchange, and yield attributes. It can also causes cancer in humans. The use of organic amendments, especially biochar, can alleviate Pb toxicity in different crops. The application of biochar can decrease the uptake of Pb by plant roots. However, the high pH of thermo-pyrolyzed biochar makes it an unfit amendment for high pH soils. As Pb is an acute toxin and its uptake in rice is a major issue, the current experiment was conducted to explore the efficacy of chemically produced acidified carbon (AC) to mitigate Pb toxicity in rice. Lead was introduced in concentrations of 0, 15, and 30 mg kg-1 soil in combination with 0, 0.5, and 1% AC, underground water (GW) and wastewater (WW) in rice plants. The addition of 1% AC significantly improved the plant height (52 and 7%), spike length (66 and 50%), 1000 grains weight (144 and 71%) compared to 0% AC under GW and WW irrigation, respectively at 30 mg Pb kg-1 soil (30 Pb) toxicity. Similar improvements in the photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate and stomatal conductance also validated the effectiveness of 1% AC over 0% AC. A significant decrease in electrolyte leakage and plant Pb concentration by application of 0.5 and 1% AC validates the effectiveness of these treatments for mitigating 30 Pb toxicity in rice compared to 0% AC under GW or WW irrigation. In conclusion, 1% AC is an effective amendment in alleviating Pb toxicity in rice irrigated with GW or WW at 30 Pb.
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- Niaz Ahmed
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan; Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China; Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 06110 Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 06110 Ankara, Turkey.
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- Department of Botany, Division of Science and Technology University of Education, Lahore, 54770 Punjab Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), 244001, India.
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- Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Engineering, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
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- Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
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Lalarukh I, Wang X, Amjad SF, Hussain R, Ahmar S, Mora-Poblete F, Abdel-Hafez SH, Fawzy MA, Abbas MH, Abdelhafez AA, Datta R. Chemical role of α-tocopherol in salt stress mitigation by improvement in morpho-physiological attributes of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:1386-1393. [PMID: 35280589 PMCID: PMC8913399 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Elevated concentrations of salts in soil and water represent abiotic stresses. It considerably restricts plant productivity. However, the use of alpha-tocopherol (α-toc) as foliar can overcome this problem. It can improve crop productivity grown under salinity stress. Limited literature is documented regarding its optimum foliar application on sunflower. That’s why the need for the time is to optimize α-toc foliar application rates for sunflower cultivated in salt-affected soil. A pot experiment was performed to select a better α-toc foliar application for mitigation of salt stress in different sunflower cultivars FH (572 and 621). There were 2 levels of salts, i.e., control (no salt stress) and sodium chloride (120 mM) and four α-toc foliar application (0, 100, 200, and 300 mg L−1). Results showed that foliar application of 100 mg/L- α-toc triggered the remarkable increase in fresh shoot weight, fresh root weight, shoot, and root lengths under salinity stress in FH-572 and FH-621 over 0 mg/L- α-toc. Foliar application of 200 mg/L- α-toc was most effective for improvement in chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, total chlorophyll and carotenoids compared to 0 mg/L- α-toc. Furthermore, an increase in A was noted in FH-572 (17%) and FH-621 (22%) with α-toc (300 mg L−1) application under saline condition. In conclusion, the 100 and 200 mg/L- α-toc are the best application rates for the improvement in sunflower FH-572 and FH-621 growth, chlorophyll contents and gas exchange attributes. Further investigations are needed to select a better foliar application rate between 100 and 200 mg/L- α-toc at the field level under the different agro-climatic zone and soil types.
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- Irfana Lalarukh
- Department of Botany, Government College Women University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- College of Life Sciences, Yan’an University, Yan’an, Shaanxi 716000, PR China
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Botany University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100 Punjab, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Talca, 1 Poniente 1141, Talca 3460000, Chile
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, Campus Talca, Universidad deTalca, Talca 3465548, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O.Box 11099, Taif 21944. Saudi Arabia
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Taif University, P.O.Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Benha University, Faculty of Agriculture, Soils and Water Department, Egypt
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- New Valley University, Faculty of Agriculture, Soils and Water Department, Egypt
- National Committee of Soil Science, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
- Corresponding authors.
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Dutta J, Zaman S, Thakur TK, Kaushik S, Mitra A, Singh P, Kumar R, Zuan ATK, Samdani MS, Alharbi SA, Datta R. Assessment of the bioaccumulation pattern of Pb, Cd, Cr and Hg in edible fishes of East kolkata Wetlands, India. Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:758-766. [PMID: 35197742 PMCID: PMC8847937 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Rahi AA, Younis U, Ahmed N, Ali MA, Fahad S, Sultan H, Zarei T, Danish S, Taban S, El Enshasy HA, Tamunaidu P, Alotaibi JM, Alharbi SA, Datta R. Toxicity of Cadmium and nickel in the context of applied activated carbon biochar for improvement in soil fertility. Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:743-750. [PMID: 35197740 PMCID: PMC8847926 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.09.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Toxicity induced by heavy metals deteriorates soil fertility status. It also adversely affects the growth and yield of crops. These heavy metals become part of the food chain when crops are cultivated in areas where heavy metals are beyond threshold limits. Cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) are considered the most notorious ones among different heavy metals. The high water solubility of Cd made it a potential toxin for plants and their consumers. Accumulation of Ni in plants, leaves, and fruits also deteriorates their quality and causes cancer in humans when such a Ni-contaminated diet is used regularly. Both Cd and Ni also compete with essential nutrients of plants, making the fertility status of soil poor. To overcome this problem, the use of activated carbon biochar can play a milestone role. In the recent past application of activated carbon biochar is gaining more and more attention. Biochar sorb the Cd and Ni and releases essential micronutrients that are part of its structure. Many micropores and high cation exchange capacity make it the most acceptable organic amendment to improve soil fertility and immobilize Cd and Ni. In addition to improving water and nutrients, soil better microbial proliferation enhances the soil rhizosphere ecosystem and nutrient cycling. This review has covered Cd and Ni harmful effects on crop yield and their immobilization by activated carbon biochar. The focus was made to elaborate on the positive effects of biochar on crop yield and soil health.
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- Ashfaq Ahmad Rahi
- Pesticide Quality Control Laboratory, Multan, 60000 Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Central Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Punjab Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Punjab Pakistan
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.,Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22620, Pakistan
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Punjab Pakistan.,Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, 06110 Ankara, Turkey
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.,School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.,City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), New Burg Al-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Malaysia-Japan Advanced Research Centre (MJARC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 84600 Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of agricultural Extension and Rural society, College of food sciences and agriculture, King Saud University Riyadh, PO Box 2460, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box -2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Hussain I, Ali M, Ghoneim AM, Shahzad K, Farooq O, Iqbal S, Nawaz F, Ahmad S, Bárek V, Brestic M, Al Obaid S, Fahad S, Danish S, TABAN S, AKÇA H, Datta R. Improvement in growth and yield attributes of cluster bean through optimization of sowing time and plant spacing under climate change scenario. Saudi J Biol Sci 2022; 29:781-792. [PMID: 35197745 PMCID: PMC8848126 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) yield has plateaued due to reduction in rainfall and rise in temperature. Therefore, its production cycle could not get appropriate water and temperature. It becomes important to standardize the sowing time and plant spacing of cluster beans in changing climate scenarios to get higher productivity. Therefore, a field study was conducted in 2019 at the Research area of MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan to evaluate the effect of four sowing times (15th May, 1st June, 15th June, and 1st July) and three plant spacings (10, 12 and 15 cm) on crop growth, yield, and physiological functions of cluster bean genotype BR-2017 under split plot arrangement under randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The sowing times (15th May, 1st June, 15th June, and 1st July) were placed in the main plot, while plant spacing (10, 12 and 15 cm) was maintained in subplots. The significant effect of sowing time and plant spacing was observed on pod plant−1, pod length, grain yield, and 1000-grain weight. Results showed that 1st June sowing performed better over 15th May, 15th June, and 1st July, while plant spacing 15 cm about in all sowing times showed higher results on growth and yield parameters of cluster bean over plant spacing 10, 12, and 15 cm. The 1st June sowing time at 15 cm plant spacing showed 8.0, 22.7, and 28.5% higher grains pod-1 than 15th May, 15th June, and 1st July sowing, respectively. Maximum grain yield was observed on 1st June in all three spacings (10, 12, and 15 cm). The chord diagram indicates that the crop has received optimum environmental conditions when sown 1st June over other sowing times. In conclusion, 1st June sowing with 15 cm plant spacing could be a good option to achieve maximum productivity of cluster bean under changing climate scenario.
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S. R, Sarkar D, Sinha AK, Danish S, Bhattacharya PM, Mukhopadhyay P, Salmen SH, Ansari MJ, Datta R. Soil organic carbon and labile and recalcitrant carbon fractions attributed by contrasting tillage and cropping systems in old and recent alluvial soils of subtropical eastern India. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0259645. [PMID: 34914729 PMCID: PMC8675705 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) technologies comprising zero-tillage with crop residue retention (>30%) on the soil surface, diversified cropping systems, and balanced nutrient management are recognized as operative and efficacious strategies to ensure food security in the parts of South Asia. The present investigation was a component of CASI technologies undertaken in the farmers’ field of Malda (old alluvial Inceptisol) Coochbehar (recent alluvial Entisol) district, West Bengal (subtropical eastern India). This study was conducted to evaluate the short-term impact of contrasting tillage (zero and conventional) and cropping systems (rice–wheat and rice–maize) on total organic carbon (TOC) and its fractions, viz., labile pool-1 (LP1), labile pool-2 (LP2) and recalcitrant carbon (RC) fractions after 4-year trial of conservation agriculture (CA) in the old and recent alluvial soils. Soil samples were collected from three depths (0–5, 5–10, and 10–20 cm), and thus, our study was focused on two factors, viz., cropping system and tillage. Results pointed that TOC along with LP1, LP2, and RC fractions under rice–maize (RM) cropping system were significantly (p<0.05) greater (15–35%) over rice–wheat (RW) system as a result of higher residue biomass addition. Zero-tillage (ZT) improved the C fractions by 10–20% over conventional tillage (CT) in all aspects. TOC and its fractions were observed to be greater under the ZT system in the topmost soil depths (0–5 and 5–10 cm), but the same system failed to improve these at 10–20 cm. Interestingly, the CT increased all the fractions at 10–20 cm depth due to the incorporation of crop residues. The concentration of TOC along with its fractions decreased with increasing soil depth was evident. Comparatively, all the C fractions, including TOC were maximum in soils from Malda sites as compared to Coochbehar sites because of a higher amount of residue biomass application, higher clay content, and greater background content of C in these soils. All the studied C fractions showed a significant correlation (r = >0.635; p<0.01) with TOC among all the soil depths in both the districts but the relationship with soil texture showed some interesting results. TOC fractions were significantly correlated (p<0.01) with clay particles indicating that its higher stabilization with clay in old alluvial Inceptisol (Malda); while in recent alluvial Entisol (Coochbehar), sand particle showed its strong relation with TOC fractions. Higher stratification ratio (SR) in the ZT system suggested that the concentration of TOC and its fractions are confined to the upper soil layers whereas in the case of CT, by and large, the distribution of these was comparatively high in subsequent soil depths due to residue incorporation effect. The concentration of C fractions in soils followed the order: TOC > RC > LP2 > LP1. The present investigation concluded that ZT under the RM system increases the turnover rates of C in both soil types but the amount of clay influences the stabilization/storage of C.
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- Rakesh S.
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India
- * E-mail: (RS); (SD); (RD)
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- * E-mail: (RS); (SD); (RD)
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- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly), Moradabad, India
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- * E-mail: (RS); (SD); (RD)
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Brtnicky M, Datta R, Holatko J, Bielska L, Gusiatin ZM, Kucerik J, Hammerschmiedt T, Danish S, Radziemska M, Mravcova L, Fahad S, Kintl A, Sudoma M, Ahmed N, Pecina V. A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment. Sci Total Environ 2021; 796:148756. [PMID: 34273836 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biochar has received extensive attention because of its multi-functionality for agricultural and environmental applications. Despite its many benefits, there are concerns related to the long-term safety and implications of its application, mainly because the mechanisms affecting soil and organism health are poorly quantified and understood. This work reviews 259 sources and summarises existing knowledge on biochar's adverse effects on soil from a multiangle perspective, including the physicochemical changes in soil, reduced efficiency of agrochemicals, potentially toxic substances in biochar, and effects on soil biota. Suggestions are made for mitigation measures. Mixed findings are often reported; however, the results suggest that high doses of biochar in clay soils are likely to decrease available water content, and surface application of biochar to sandy soils likely increases erosion and particulate matter emissions. Furthermore, biochar may increase the likelihood of excessive soil salinity and decreased soil fertility because of an increase in the pH of alkaline soils causing nutrient precipitation. Regarding the impact of biochar on (agro)chemicals and the role of biochar-borne toxic substances, these factors cannot be neglected because of their apparent undesirable effects on target and non-target organisms, respectively. Concerning non-target biota, adverse effects on reproduction, growth, and DNA integrity of earthworms have been reported along with effects on soil microbiome such as a shift in the fungi-to-bacteria ratio. Given the diversity of effects that biochar may induce in soil, guidelines for future biochar use should adopt a structured and holistic approach that considers all positive and negative effects of biochar.
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- Martin Brtnicky
- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, Brno 625 00, Czech Republic.
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- Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Słoneczna St. 45G, 10 719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab 60800, Pakistan; Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; Department of Agronomy, the University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 22620, Pakistan
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Agricultural Research, Ltd., 664 41 Troubsko, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Saboor A, Ali MA, Hussain S, El Enshasy HA, Hussain S, Ahmed N, Gafur A, Sayyed R, Fahad S, Danish S, Datta R. Zinc nutrition and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis effects on maize ( Zea mays L.) growth and productivity. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:6339-6351. [PMID: 34759753 PMCID: PMC8568715 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient required to enhance crop growth and yield. In the arid – semiarid region, Zn deficiency is expected due to alkaline calcareous soil. Contrarily, Zn toxicity is also becoming an environmental concern due to increasing anthropogenic activities (metal smelting, copper industry, etc.). Therefore, balanced Zn application is necessary to save resources and achieve optimum crop growth and yield. Most scientists suggest biological approaches to overcome the problem of Zn toxicity and deficiency. These biological approaches are mostly environment-friendly and cost-effective. In these biological approaches, the use of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi (AMF) symbiosis is becoming popular. It can provide tolerance to the host plant against Zn-induced stress. Inoculation of AMF helps in balance uptake of Zn and enhances the growth and yield of crops. On the other hand, maize (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop due to its multifarious uses. As maize is an effective host for mycorrhizae symbiosis, that’s why this review was written to elaborate on the beneficial role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The review aimed to glance at the recent advances in the use of AMF to enhance nutrient uptake, especially Zn. It was also aimed to discuss the mechanism of AMF to overcome the toxic effect of Zn. We have also discussed the detailed mechanism and physiological improvement in the maize plant. In conclusion, AMF can play an imperative role in improving maize growth, yield, and balance uptake of Zn by alleviating Zn stress and mitigating its toxicity.
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- Abdul Saboor
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
- City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Sinarmas Forestry Corporate Research and Development, Perawang 28772, Indonesia
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- Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22620, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- Corresponding authors.
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Nazim M, Ali M, Shahzad K, Ahmad F, Nawaz F, Amin M, Anjum S, Nasif O, Ali Alharbi S, Fahad S, Danish S, Datta R. Kaolin and Jasmonic acid improved cotton productivity under water stress conditions. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:6606-6614. [PMID: 34764776 PMCID: PMC8568989 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Drought is one of the most emerging threat that causes a severe reduction in cotton plant growth and development. Being cotton is a major cash crop has great threat to prevailing drought events in Pakistan. A field experiment was conducted in Kharif season 2018 at Research Area of MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan to assess the role of foliar applied kaolin and jasmonic acid on vegetative growth, gas exchange and reproductive traits of cotton under normal irrigated and artificial water deficit conditions. The experiment was laid -out in a factorial randomized complete block design with split - split plot arrangement. Main plots were allocated for irrigation levels, sub-plots for two -cotton genotypes viz. NIAB - 878 and SLH - 19 while sub - sub plots for treatments of kaolin and Jasmonic acid. Water deficit stress was created by skipping irrigation at flowering for 21 days. Foliar sprays of Kaolin (5%, w/v) and Jasmonic acid (100 μM) were applied alone or in combination at 60 days after planntinon both to normal irrigated and water-stresse skip irrigation while irrigation water alone was sprayed in control plots. Both cotton genotypes responded variably to normal irrigated and skip conditions. Skipping irrigation for up to 21 days at flowering caused a significant decrease in leaf relative water content, SPAD values, net photosynthetic rate and seed cotton yield in both the genotypes. Seed cotton yield showed an overall decline of 24.7% in skip over Normal irrigated crop. The genotype NIAB - 878 produced maximum seed cotton yield of 3.304 Mg ha-1 in normal that dropped to 2.579 Mg ha-1 in skip, thus showing an average decline of 21.9 %. Similarly, SLH - 19 produced 2.537 Mg ha-1 seed cotton under normal that dropped to 1.822 Mg ha-1 in skip, showing an average decline of 28.2%. The Application of Kaolin and JA Jasmonic acid, either applied individually or in combination, improved vegetative and reproductive development of both cotton varieties in normal and skip regimes. However, combined kaolin and Jasmonic Acid application proved to be more beneficial in terms of seed cotton production and other parameters studied.
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- Muhammad Nazim
- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbella University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan 90150, Pakistan
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- Plant Physiology/ Chemistry Section, Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan 66000, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, P.O. Box-2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box-2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22620, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Khan SU, Ullah F, Mehmood S, Fahad S, Ahmad Rahi A, Althobaiti F, Dessoky ES, Saud S, Danish S, Datta R. Antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of Chenopodium glaucum L. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0255502. [PMID: 34714855 PMCID: PMC8555819 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We evaluated phytochemical composition, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-oxidant and cytotoxic properties of aqueous (water) and organic extracts (methanol, ethyl acetate and n-hexane) of Chenopodium glaucum. Highest phenolic content 45 mg gallic acid equivalents (GAE)/g d.w was found in aqueous extract followed by ethyl acetate (41mg GAE/g d.w) and methanol extract (34.46 mg GAE/g d.w). Antibacterial potential of aqueous and organic extracts of C. glaucum was examined against Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus epidermidis. The aqueous, methanolic, ethyl acetate, and n-hexane extract showed antibacterial activity against A. baumannii, K. pneumoniae, E. coli and S. epidermidis. However, against A. baumannii significantly higher inhibition zone (19 mm and 18.96 mm respectively) was shown by ethyl acetate and methanol extracts. Aqueous extract possessed highest growth inhibition (11 mm) against E. coli. Aqueous, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts showed 9 mm, 10 mm, and 10.33 mm zone of inhibition against the K. pneumoniae. For antifungal activity, the extracts were less effective against Aspergillus niger but showed strong antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus). The antioxidant activity was measured as DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), H2O2 and ABTS (2, 2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) scavenging activity of free radicals. All the organic extracts of C. glaucum possessed ABTS, DPPH and H2O2 scavenging properties. The highest cytotoxic activity measured as half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) against human lungs carcinoma cells was recorded for methanolic (IC50 = 16 μg/mL) and n-hexane (IC50 = 25 μg/mL) extracts, respectively. The Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed 4 major and 26 minor compounds in n-hexane extract and 4 major and 7 minor compounds in methanol extract of the C. glaucum. It is concluded that aqueous and organic extracts of C. glaucum would be potential therapeutic agents and could be exploited on a pilot scale to treat human pathogenic diseases.
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- Safi Ullah Khan
- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Bannu, KP, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Bannu, KP, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Bannu, KP, Pakistan
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan, China
- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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- Department of Engineering, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Department of Geology and Pedology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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Jabborova D, Annapurna K, Al-Sadi AM, Alharbi SA, Datta R, Zuan ATK. Biochar and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediated enhanced drought tolerance in Okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus) plant growth, root morphological traits and physiological properties. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:5490-5499. [PMID: 34588859 PMCID: PMC8459127 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Drought is a major abiotic factor limiting plant growth and crop production. There is limited information on effect of interaction between biochar and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on okra growth, root morphological traits and soil enzyme activities under drought stress. We studied the influence of biochar and AMF on the growth of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in pot experiments in a net house under drought condition. The results showed that the biochar treatment significantly increased plant growth (the plant height by 14.2%, root dry weight by 30.0%) and root morphological traits (projected area by 22.3% and root diameter by 22.7%) under drought stress. In drought stress, biochar treatment significantly enhanced the chlorophyll 'a' content by 32.7%, the AMF spore number by 22.8% and the microbial biomass as compared to the control. Plant growth parameters such as plant height, shoot and root dry weights significantly increased by AMF alone, by 16.6%, 21.0% and 40.0% respectively under drought condition. Other plant biometrics viz: the total root length, the root volume, the projected area and root diameter improved significantly with the application of AMF alone by 38.3%, 60.0%,16.8% and 15.9% respectively as compared with control. Compared to the control, AMF treatment alone significantly enhanced the total chlorophyll content by 36.6%, the AMF spore number by 39.0% and the microbial biomass by 29.0% under drought condition. However, the highest values of plant growth parameters (plant height, shoot dry weight, root dry weight) and root morphological traits (the total root length, root volume, projected area, root surface area) were observed in the combined treatment of biochar and AMF treatment viz: 31.9%, 34.2%, 60.0% and 68.6%, 66.6%, 45.5%, 41.8%, respectively compared to the control under drought stress. The nitrogen content, total chlorophyll content and microbial biomass increased over un-inoculated control. The soil enzymes; alkaline phosphatase, dehydrogenase and fluorescein diacetate enzyme activities significantly increased in the combined treatment by 55.8%, 68.7% and 69.5%, respectively as compared to the control under drought stress. We conclude that biochar and AMF together is potentially beneficial for cultivation of okra in drought stress conditions.
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- Dilfuza Jabborova
- Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, AlKhoud 123, Muscat, Oman
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Pietramellara G, Pathan SI, Datta R, Vranová V, Ceccherini M, Nannipieri P. Perspective on the status and behaviour of SARS-CoV-2 in soil. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 29:1014-1020. [PMID: 34608369 PMCID: PMC8482646 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.09.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Soil contamination by SARS-CoV-2 is highly probable because soil can collect several transporters of the virus, such as fallout aerosols, wastewaters, relatively purified sludges, and organic residues. However, the fate and status of SARS-CoV-2 in soil and the possible risks for human health through contaminated food are unknown. Therefore, this perspective paper discusses the challenges of determining the SARS-CoV-2 in soil and the mechanisms concerning its adsorption, movement, and infectivity in soil, considering what has already been reported by perspective papers published up to May 2021. These issues are discussed, drawing attention to the soil virus bibliography and considering the chemical structure of the virus. The mechanistic understanding of the status and behavior of SARS-CoV-2 in soil requires setting up an accurate determination method. In addition, future researches should provide insights into i) plant uptake and movement inside the plant, ii) virus adsorption and desorption in soil with the relative infectivity, and iii) its effects on soil functions. Models should simulate spatial localization of virus in the soil matrix.
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- Giacomo Pietramellara
- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Firenze, P.le delle Cascine 24, 50144 Firenze, Italy
- Corresponding author at: Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Firenze, P.le delle Cascine 24, 50144 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Firenze, P.le delle Cascine 24, 50144 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Firenze, P.le delle Cascine 24, 50144 Firenze, Italy
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Saboor A, Ali MA, Danish S, Ahmed N, Fahad S, Datta R, Ansari MJ, Nasif O, Rahman MHU, Glick BR. Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the physiological functioning of maize under zinc-deficient soils. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18468. [PMID: 34531432 PMCID: PMC8445980 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97742-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Zinc (Zn) deficiency can severely inhibit plant growth, yield, and enzymatic activities. Zn plays a vital role in various enzymatic activities in plants. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a crucial role in improving the plant's Zn nutrition and mitigating Zn stress effects on plants. The current study was conducted to compare the response of inoculated and non-inoculated maize (YH 1898) in the presence of different levels of zinc under greenhouse conditions under a Zn deficient condition. There were two mycorrhizal levels (i.e., M + with mycorrhizae, M- without mycorrhizae) and five Zn levels (i.e., 0, 1.5, 3, 6, and 12 mg kg-1), with three replicates following completely randomized design. At the vegetative stage (before tillering), biochemical, physiological, and agronomic attributes were measured. The results showed that maize plants previously inoculated with AMF had higher gaseous exchange traits, i.e., a higher stomatal conductance rate, favoring an increased photosynthetic rate. Improvement in antioxidant enzyme activity was also observed in inoculated compared to non-inoculated maize plants. Moreover, AMF inoculation also played a beneficial role in nutrients availability and its uptake by plants. Higher Zn12 (12 mg Zn kg-1 soil) treatment accumulated a higher Zn concentration in soil, root, and shoot in AMF-inoculated than in non-inoculated maize plants. These results are consistent with mycorrhizal symbiosis beneficial role for maize physiological functioning in Zn deficient soil conditions. Additionally, AMF inoculation mitigated the stress conditions and assisted nutrient uptake by maize.
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- Abdul Saboor
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan.
- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, Pakistan
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Bareilly, 244001, India
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Medical City, PO Box-2925, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Jabborova D, Sayyed R, Azimov A, Jabbarov Z, Matchanov A, Enakiev Y, Baazeem A, EL Sabagh A, Danish S, Datta R. Impact of mineral fertilizers on mineral nutrients in the ginger rhizome and on soil enzymes activities and soil properties. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:5268-5274. [PMID: 34466105 PMCID: PMC8381012 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ginger is used as one of the important ingredients in traditional as well as modern medicine besides as a spice. It boosts immunity and is a rich source of many biologically active substances and minerals. Although it is a medicinally important crop, its productivity is, however, affected due to poor nutrient management and therefore it requires an adequate supply of nutrients in the form of inorganic fertilizers or organic manuring, or a mixture of both. In this context, the present study was aimed to investigate the effect of mineral fertilizers on the content of mineral elements in the ginger rhizome, on soil enzyme activity, and soil properties. Lysimeter experiments were conducted at the Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Kibray, Tashkent region, Uzbekistan. The experiment comprised of four treatments T1 - Control, T2 - N75P50K50 kg/ha, T3 - and T4 - N100P75K75 + B3Zn6Fe6 kg/ha. The results showed that the application of N125P100K100 kg/ha increased rhizome K content by 49%, P content by 20%, and Na content by 58% as compared to control without fertilizer. While the application of N100P75K75 + B3Zn6Fe6 kg/ha showed a significant enhancement in rhizome K, Ca, P, Mg, Na, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Cr, Mo, and Si contents over the control. This treatment also improved active P content by 29%, total P content by 80%, total K content 16%, and N content by 33% content, and the activities of urease, invertase, and catalase activities as compared to control of without mineral fertilizer and control respectively. Thus the application of NPK + BZnFe at the rate of 100:75:75:3:6:6 kg/ha helps in improving macroelements and microelements in the ginger rhizome and activities of soil enzymes that helps in mineral nutrition of the rhizome.
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- D. Jabborova
- Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s, Arts, Science & Commerce College, Shahada 425409, Maharashtra, India
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
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- National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan
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- Agricultural Academy, “Nikola Pushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnology and Plant Protection, Sofia 1331, Bulgaria
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Dawar K, Fahad S, Jahangir MMR, Munir I, Alam SS, Khan SA, Mian IA, Datta R, Saud S, Banout J, Adnan M, Ahmad MN, Khan A, Dewil R, Habib-ur-Rahman M, Ansari MJ, Danish S. Biochar and urease inhibitor mitigate NH 3 and N 2O emissions and improve wheat yield in a urea fertilized alkaline soil. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17413. [PMID: 34465833 PMCID: PMC8408238 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96771-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this study, we explored the role of biochar (BC) and/or urease inhibitor (UI) in mitigating ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) discharge from urea fertilized wheat cultivated fields in Pakistan (34.01°N, 71.71°E). The experiment included five treatments [control, urea (150 kg N ha-1), BC (10 Mg ha-1), urea + BC and urea + BC + UI (1 L ton-1)], which were all repeated four times and were carried out in a randomized complete block design. Urea supplementation along with BC and BC + UI reduced soil NH3 emissions by 27% and 69%, respectively, compared to sole urea application. Nitrous oxide emissions from urea fertilized plots were also reduced by 24% and 53% applying BC and BC + UI, respectively, compared to urea alone. Application of BC with urea improved the grain yield, shoot biomass, and total N uptake of wheat by 13%, 24%, and 12%, respectively, compared to urea alone. Moreover, UI further promoted biomass and grain yield, and N assimilation in wheat by 38%, 22% and 27%, respectively, over sole urea application. In conclusion, application of BC and/or UI can mitigate NH3 and N2O emissions from urea fertilized soil, improve N use efficiency (NUE) and overall crop productivity.
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- Khadim Dawar
- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Soil and Environmental Science (SES), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KPK Pakistan
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- grid.467118.d0000 0004 4660 5283Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 22620 Pakistan ,grid.428986.90000 0001 0373 6302Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 Hainan China
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- grid.411511.10000 0001 2179 3896Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202 Bangladesh
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Soil and Environmental Science (SES), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KPK Pakistan
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- grid.7112.50000000122191520Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- grid.412243.20000 0004 1760 1136Department of Horticulture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China ,grid.15866.3c0000 0001 2238 631XFaculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- grid.15866.3c0000 0001 2238 631XFaculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- grid.502337.00000 0004 4657 4747Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- grid.412298.40000 0000 8577 8102Department of Soil and Environmental Science (SES), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KPK Pakistan
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- grid.5596.f0000 0001 0668 7884Process and Environmental Technology Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- grid.10388.320000 0001 2240 3300Crop Science, Institute of Crop Science and Resources Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany ,Department of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture Multan, Multan, Pakistan
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- grid.411529.a0000 0001 0374 9998Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, 244001 India
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- grid.7112.50000000122191520Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic ,grid.411501.00000 0001 0228 333XDepartment of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab 60800 Pakistan
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Dawar K, Saif-Ur-Rahman, Fahad S, Alam SS, Khan SA, Dawar A, Younis U, Danish S, Datta R, Dick RP. Influence of variable biochar concentration on yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions, Wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency. Sci Rep 2021; 11:16774. [PMID: 34408252 PMCID: PMC8373951 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96309-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An important source of the destructive greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) comes from the use of ammonium based nitrogen (N) fertilizers that release N2O in the incomplete conversion (nitrification) of NH4+ to NO3-1. Biochar has been shown to decrease nitrification rates and N2O emission. However, there is little information from semi-arid environments such as in Pakistan where conditions favor N2O emissions. Therefore, the object was to conduct field experiment to determine the impact of biochar rates in the presence or absence of urea amended soils on yield-scaled N2O emissions, and wheat yield and N use efficiency (NUE). The experiment on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), had a randomized complete block design with four replications and the treatments: control, sole urea (150 kg N ha-1), 5 Mg biochar ha-1 (B5), 10 Mg biochar ha-1 (B10), urea + B5 or urea + B10. In urea amended soils with B5 or B10 treatments, biochar reduced total N2O emissions by 27 and 35%, respectively, over the sole urea treatment. Urea + B5 or + B10 treatments had 34 and 46% lower levels, respectively, of yield scaled N2O over the sole urea treatment. The B5 and B10 treatments had 24-38%, 9-13%, 12-27% and 35-43%, respectively greater wheat above-ground biomass, grain yield, total N uptake, and NUE, over sole urea. The biochar treatments increased the retention of NH4+ which likely was an important mechanism for reducing N2O by limiting nitrification. These results indicate that amending soils with biochar has potential to mitigate N2O emissions in a semi-arid and at the same time increase wheat productivity.
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- Khadim Dawar
- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Depertment of Plant Protection, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil and Environmental Science, the University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan. .,Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Sarkar D, Sankar A, Devika OS, Singh S, Shikha, Parihar M, Rakshit A, Sayyed RZ, Gafur A, Ansari MJ, Danish S, Fahad S, Datta R. Optimizing nutrient use efficiency, productivity, energetics, and economics of red cabbage following mineral fertilization and biopriming with compatible rhizosphere microbes. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15680. [PMID: 34344947 PMCID: PMC8333308 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Conventional agricultural practices and rising energy crisis create a question about the sustainability of the present-day food production system. Nutrient exhaustive crops can have a severe impact on native soil fertility by causing nutrient mining. In this backdrop, we conducted a comprehensive assessment of bio-priming intervention in red cabbage production considering nutrient uptake, the annual change in soil fertility, nutrient use efficiency, energy budgeting, and economic benefits for its sustainable intensification, among resource-poor farmers of Middle Gangetic Plains. The compatible microbial agents used in the study include Trichoderma harzianum, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Bacillus subtilis. Field assays (2016-2017 and 2017-2018) of the present study revealed supplementing 75% of recommended NPK fertilizer with dual inoculation of T. harzianum and P. fluorescens increased macronutrient uptake (N, P, and K), root length, heading percentage, head diameter, head weight, and the total weight of red cabbage along with a positive annual change in soil organic carbon. Maximum positive annual change in available N and available P was recorded under 75% RDF + P. fluorescens + B. subtilis and 75% RDF + T. harzianum + B. subtilis, respectively. Bio-primed plants were also higher in terms of growth and nutrient use efficiency (agronomic efficiency, physiological efficiency, apparent recovery efficiency, partial factor productivity). Energy output (26,370 and 26,630 MJ ha-1), energy balance (13,643 and 13,903 MJ ha-1), maximum gross return (US $ 16,030 and 13,877 ha-1), and net return (US $ 15,966 and 13,813 ha-1) were considerably higher in T. harzianum, and P. fluorescens treated plants. The results suggest the significance of the bio-priming approach under existing integrated nutrient management strategies and the role of dual inoculations in producing synergistic effects on plant growth and maintaining the soil, food, and energy nexus.
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- Deepranjan Sarkar
- grid.411507.60000 0001 2287 8816Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005 India
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- grid.411507.60000 0001 2287 8816Department of Agronomy, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005 India
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- grid.411507.60000 0001 2287 8816Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005 India
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- grid.411507.60000 0001 2287 8816Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005 India
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- grid.506070.4Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ranichauri, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Tehri Garhwal, 249199 Uttarakhand India
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- grid.473812.b0000 0004 1755 9396Crop Production Division, ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, 263601 Uttarakhand India
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- grid.411507.60000 0001 2287 8816Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, 221005 India
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- Department of Microbiology, PSGVP Mandal’s, Arts, Science & Commerce College, 425409, Shahada, Maharashtra India
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- Sinarmas Forestry Corporate Research and Development, Perawang, 28772 Indonesia
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- grid.411529.a0000 0001 0374 9998Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand Univesity Bareilly), Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh 244001 India
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- grid.411501.00000 0001 0228 333XDepartment of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800 Pakistan ,grid.7112.50000000122191520Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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- grid.467118.d0000 0004 4660 5283Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620 Pakistan
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- grid.7112.50000000122191520Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic
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Holatko J, Hammerschmiedt T, Kintl A, Danish S, Skarpa P, Latal O, Baltazar T, Fahad S, Akça H, Taban S, Kobzova E, Datta R, Malicek O, Hussain GS, Brtnicky M. Effect of carbon-enriched digestate on the microbial soil activity. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252262. [PMID: 34214110 PMCID: PMC8253426 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES As a liquid organic fertilizer used in agriculture, digestate is rich in many nutrients (i.e. nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, calcium, potassium); their utilization may be however less efficient in soils poor in organic carbon (due to low carbon:nitrogen ratio). In order to solve the disadvantages, digestate enrichment with carbon-rich amendments biochar or humic acids (Humac) was tested. METHODS Soil variants amended with enriched digestate: digestate + biochar, digestate + Humac, and digestate + combined biochar and humic acids-were compared to control with untreated digestate in their effect on total soil carbon and nitrogen, microbial biomass carbon, soil respiration and soil enzymatic activities in a pot experiment. Yield of the test crop lettuce was also determined for all variants. RESULTS Soil respiration was the most significantly increased property, positively affected by digestate + Humac. Both digestate + biochar and digestate + Humac significantly increased microbial biomass carbon. Significant negative effect of digestate + biochar (compared to the control digestate) on particular enzyme activities was alleviated by the addition of humic acids. No significant differences among the tested variants were found in the above-ground and root plant biomass. CONCLUSIONS The tested organic supplements improved the digestate effect on some determined soil properties. We deduced from the results (carbon:nitrogen ratio, microbial biomass and activity) that the assimilation of nutrients by plants increased; however, the most desired positive effect on the yield of crop biomass was not demonstrated. We assume that the digestate enrichment with organic amendments may be more beneficial in a long time-scaled trial.
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- Jiri Holatko
- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Agricultural Research, Ltd., Troubsko, Czech Republic
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
- Department of Agronomy, the University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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Younis U, Rahi AA, Danish S, Ali MA, Ahmed N, Datta R, Fahad S, Holatko J, Hammerschmiedt T, Brtnicky M, Zarei T, Baazeem A, Sabagh AEL, Glick BR. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy vibrational bands study of Spinacia oleracea and Trigonella corniculata under biochar amendment in naturally contaminated soil. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0253390. [PMID: 34191839 PMCID: PMC8244852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy detects functional groups such as vibrational bands like N-H, O-H, C-H, C = O (ester, amine, ketone, aldehyde), C = C, C = N (vibrational modes of a tetrapyrrole ring) and simply C = N. The FTIR of these bands is fundamental to the investigation of the effect of biochar (BC) treatment on structural changes in the chlorophyll molecules of both plants that were tested. For this, dried leaf of Spinacia oleracia (spinach) and Trigonella corniculata (fenugreek) were selected for FTIR spectral study of chlorophyll associated functional groups. The study’s primary goal was to investigate the silent features of infrared (IR) spectra of dried leave samples. The data obtained from the current study also shows that leaf chlorophyll can mask or suppress other molecules’ FITR bands, including proteins. In addition, the C = O bands with Mg and the C9 ketonic group of chlorophyll are observed as peaks at1600 (0%BC), 1650 (3%BC) and 1640, or near to1700 (5%BC) in spinach samples. In fenugreek, additional effects are observed in the FTIR spectra of chlorophyll at the major groups of C = C, C = O and C9 of the ketonic groups, and the vibrational bands are more evident at C-H and N-H of the tetrapyrrole ring. It is concluded that C-N bands are more visible in 5% BC treated spinach and fenugreek than in all other treatments. These types of spectra are useful in detecting changes or visibility of functional groups, which are very helpful in supporting biochemical data such as an increase in protein can be detected by more visibility of C-N bands in FTIR spectra.
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- Uzma Younis
- Department of Botany, University of Central Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- * E-mail: (SD); (SF); (RD)
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- * E-mail: (SD); (SF); (RD)
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- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
- * E-mail: (SD); (SF); (RD)
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrisciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrisciences, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Tropical and Mediterranean Symbioses, CIRAD, Mintpellier, France
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El-Shaikh, Egypt
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Irshad M, Ullah F, Fahad S, Mehmood S, Khan AU, Brtnicky M, Kintl A, Holatko J, Irshad I, El-Sharnouby M, EL Sabagh A, Datta R, Danish S. Evaluation of Jatropha curcas L. leaves mulching on wheat growth and biochemical attributes under water stress. BMC Plant Biol 2021; 21:303. [PMID: 34187364 PMCID: PMC8240320 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03097-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Organic mulches are widely used in crop production systems. Due to their benefits in improving soil fertility, retention of soil moisture and weed control. Field experiments were conducted during wheat growing seasons of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 to evaluate the effects of Jatropha leaves mulch on the growth of wheat varieties 'Wadan-17' (rainfed) and 'Pirsabaq-2013' (irrigated) under well irrigated and water stress conditions (non-irrigated maintaining 40% soil field capacity). Jatropha mulch was applied to the soil surface at 0, 1, 3 and 5 Mg ha-1 before sowing grains in the field. Under conditions of water stress, Jatropha mulch significantly maintained the soil moisture content necessary for normal plant growth. RESULTS We noted a decrease in plant height, shoot and root fresh/dry weight, leaf area, leaf relative water content (LRWC), chlorophyll, and carotenoid content due to water stress. However, water stress caused an increase in leaf and root phenolics content, leaf soluble sugars and electrolytes leakage. We observed that Jatropha mulch maintained LRWC, plant height, shoot and root fresh/dry weight, leaf area and chlorophyll content under water stress. Moreover, water stress adverse effects on leaf soluble sugar content and electrolyte leakage were reversed to normal by Jatropha mulch. CONCLUSION Therefore, it may be concluded that Jatropha leaves mulch will minimize water stress adverse effects on wheat by maintaining soil moisture and plant water status.
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- Muhammad Irshad
- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP Bannu, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP Bannu, Pakistan
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- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bio Resource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228 China
- Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620 Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP Bannu, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, KP Bannu, Pakistan
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrisciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrisciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
- Agricultural Research, Ltd., 664 41 Troubsko, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agrisciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38000 Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 3, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Departments of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, 60800 Pakistan
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Radziemska M, Gusiatin ZM, Cydzik-Kwiatkowska A, Cerdà A, Pecina V, Bęś A, Datta R, Majewski G, Mazur Z, Dzięcioł J, Danish S, Brtnický M. Insight into metal immobilization and microbial community structure in soil from a steel disposal dump phytostabilized with composted, pyrolyzed or gasified wastes. Chemosphere 2021; 272:129576. [PMID: 33482516 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The soil system is a key component of the environment that can serve as a sink of pollutants. Using processed waste for aided phytostabilization of metals (HMs) in contaminated soils is an attractive phytoremediation technique that integrates waste utilization and recycling. In this study, we evaluated the effect of biologically and thermally processed wastes, i.e. sewage sludge compost (CSS), poultry feather ash (AGF) and willow chip biochar (BWC), on phytostabilization of contaminated soil from a steel disposal dump. Greenhouse experiments with Lupinus luteus L. and amendments (dosage: 3.0%, w/w) were conducted for 58 days. Soil toxicity was evaluated with Ostracodtoxkit and Phytotoxkit tests. At the end of the experiment, soil pH, plant biomass yield, and HM accumulation in plant tissues were determined. HM distribution, HM stability (reduced partition index) and potential environmental risk (mRI index) in the soil were assessed. During phytostabilization, changes in the diversity of the rhizospheric bacterial community were monitored. All amendments significantly increased soil pH and biomass yield and decreased soil phytotoxicity. AGF and BWC increased accumulation of individual HMs by L. luteus roots better than CSS (Cu and Cr, and Ni and Zn, respectively). The soil amendments did not improve Pb accumulation by the roots. Improvements in HM stability depended on amendment type: Ni and Pb stability were improved by all amendments; Zn stability, by AGF, and BWC; Cd stability, by AGF; and Cr stability, by BWC. AGF reduced the mRI most effectively. Microbial diversity in amended soils increased with time of phytostabilization and was up to 9% higher in CSS amended soil than in control soil. AGF application favored the abundance of the genera Arenimonas, Brevundimonas, Gemmatimonas and Variovorax, whose metabolic potential could have contributed to the better plant growth and lower mRI in that soil. In conclusion, AGF and BWC have great potential for restoring steel disposal dump areas, and the strategies researched here can contribute to achieving targets for sustainable development.
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- Maja Radziemska
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Słoneczna St. 45G, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland.
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- Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Słoneczna St. 45G, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Soil Erosion and Degradation Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibañez 28, Valencia, 46 010, Spain
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- Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Łódzki 4, 10-727, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Łódzki 4, 10-727, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Water Centre Laboratory, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787, Warsaw, Poland
| | - Subhan Danish
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, 61300, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, 61200, Brno, Czech Republic
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