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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 320, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120760
Keywords
Brassica juncea; Chlorpyrifos; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; 24-epibrassinolide; Photosynthesis; Photosystem II; Gene expression
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This study aimed to assess the toxicity of Chlorpyrifos (CP) on Brassica juncea L. and investigate the ameliorative potential of phytohormone, 24-epi-brassinolide (EBL) mediated plant-microbe interaction in B. juncea L. The results showed that EBL and B2 treatment significantly increased the content of chlorophyll, carotenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, and xanthophylls in CP-stressed B. juncea seedlings. The supplementation of EBL and PGPR improved the expression of genes related to photosynthetic pigments and metabolic pathways. These findings suggest that EBL and PGPR can reduce CP-induced toxicity and promote recovery in B. juncea seedlings.
Chlorpyrifos (CP) is a commonly used organophosphorous pesticide that is frequently utilised in the agricultural industry because of its great efficiency and inexpensive cost. The focus of the present study was to assess the impact of CP toxicity on Brassica juncea L. and to unravel the ameliorative potential of phytohormone, 24-epi-brassinolide (EBL) mediated plant-microbe (Pseudomonas aeruginosa (B1), Burkholderia gladioli (B2)) interac-tion in B. juncea L. The maximum significant increment in the total chlorophyll, carotenoids, xanthophyll, anthocyanin and flavonoid content with EBL and B2 treatment in CP stressed B. juncea seedlings on spectro-photometric analysis were observed. Autofluorescence imaging of photosynthetic pigments i.e. chlorophyll, carotenoids, and total phenols with confocal microscopy showed maximum fluorescence with EBL and B2. Furthermore, when compared to CP stressed seedlings, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) study of the abaxial surface of leaves revealed a recovery in stomatal opening. The supplementation of EBL and PGPR (plant growth promoting rhizobacteria) improved the level of psb A (D1 subunit PSII) and psb B (CP 47 subunit of PSII) genes expression. The expression analysis of chalcone synthase (CHS), Phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL), Phyotene synthase (PSY) with RT-PCR system showed up-regulation in the expression when supplemented with EBL and PGPR. As a result, the current study suggests that EBL and PGPR together, can reduce CP-induced toxicity in B. juncea seedlings and recovering the seedling biomass.
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