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FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 146-159Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP21301
Keywords
arsenic; enzymes; faba bean; growth; potassium; stress; zinc oxide nanoparticles
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Current research has shown that zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and potassium (K+) can mitigate arsenic (As) toxicity in Vicia faba L. seedlings. This is achieved by enhancing enzyme activity and improving metabolite levels in response to As stress.
Current research focused on the potential role of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and potassium (K+) in mitigation of arsenic (As) toxicity in Vicia faba L. seedlings. Faba bean seedlings were grown for 30 days in potted soil. As stress curtailed root and shoot length, chlorophyll (Chl) content and net photosynthetic rate in V. faba seedlings. However, ZnONPs and K+ curtailed As stress in faba bean seedling through enhanced activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) enzyme. Furthermore, ZnONPs and K+ significantly enhanced cysteine (Cys) content and serine acetyletransferase (SAT) activity in faba bean seedling exposed to As-toxificated soil. Application of ZnONPs and K+ curtailed superoxide ionic content and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) accumulation in V. faba seedlings exposed to As-polluted soil. Nitric oxide (NO) content also increased in faba bean seedlings treated with ZnONPs and K+ in normal and As-polluted soil. As stress alleviation was credited to reduce As uptake in faba bean seedlings treated with synergistic application of ZnONPs and K+. It is proposed that K+ interaction with nanoparticles can be exploited at molecular level to understand the mechanisms involved in abiotic stress tolerance.
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