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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 262, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127826
Keywords
Silicon nanoparticles; Fluoride toxicity; Rice; lonomics; Antioxidants and glyoxalase machinery; Amelioration
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- Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India [EMR/2016/004799]
- Department of Higher Education, Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal [264(Sanc.)/ST/P/ST/1G-80/2017]
- University Grants Commission, Government of India
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The study demonstrates that silicon nanoparticles play a crucial role in reducing fluoride toxicity in rice cultivar IR-64, by alleviating molecular injuries, enhancing nonenzymatic antioxidants, improving nutrient uptake, and stimulating enzymatic antioxidant activity. The nanozymatic effect of nano-Si-pulsing helps in scavenging reactive oxygen species and promoting fluoride tolerance in plants. Overall, the research supports the potential of SiNPs for safe rice cultivation and precision farming even in fluoride-infested environments.
The present manuscript investigates the roles of silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) in ameliorating fluoride toxicity in the susceptible rice cultivar, IR-64. Fluoride toxicity reduced overall growth and yield by suppressing grain development. Fluoride stress alarmingly increased the accumulation of cobalt, which together with fluoride triggered electrolyte leakage, malondialdehyde, methylglyoxal and hydrogen peroxide accumulation and NADPH oxidase activity. The overall photosynthesis was compromised due to chlorosis and inhibited Hill activity. Nano-Si-priming efficiently ameliorated molecular injuries and restored yield by reducing fluoride bioaccumulation particularly in the grains. The level of nonenzymatic antioxidants like anthocyanins, flavonoids, phenolics and glutathione was stimulated upon SiNP-priming. Nano-Si-pulsing removed fluoride-mediated inhibition of glutathione synthesis by activating glutathione reductase. Glutathione was utilized to activate glyoxalases and associated enzymes like glutathione-S-transferase and glutathione peroxidase. Uptake of nutrients like silicon, potassium, zinc, copper, iron, nickel, manganese, selenium and vanadium improved seedling health even during prolonged fluoride stress. Nano-Si-pulsing produced a nanozymatic effect, since high level of crucial cofactors like copper, zinc and iron stimulated the activity of superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and guaiacol peroxidase, which synergistically with other enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants scavenged reactive oxygen species and promoted fluoride tolerance. Overall, the study supported by statistical modelling using principal component analysis, t-distributed stochastic neighbour embedding and multidimensional scaling, established the potential of SiNP to promote safe rice cultivation and precision farming even in fluoride-infested environments. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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