Статья

Cu-nanoparticles enhance the sustainable growth and yield of drought-subjected wheat through physiological progress

Muhammad Aown Sammar RazaDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan. [email protected]Jawad AminDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, PakistanMohammad ValipourDepartment of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Denver, CO, 80217, USARashid IqbalDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan. [email protected]Muhammad Usman AslamDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, PakistanBilal ZulfiqarDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, PakistanFaqeer MuhammadDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, PakistanMuhammad Arif IbrahimDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, PakistanAbdullah Ahmed Al‐GhamdiDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaMohamed S. ElshikhDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaJaved IqbalDepartment of Botany, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, 24420, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PakistanMonika ToleikienėInstitute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituo Al. 1, 58344, Akademija, Kedainiai, LithuaniaHeba H. ElsalahyLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374, Müncheberg, Germany. [email protected]

2024en

ABI

Аннотация

Abstract Drought stress (DS) is a significant abiotic stress that limits agricultural productivity worldwide. In semi-arid climates, one potential solution to alleviate the deleterious effects of drought is the use of soil amendments such as nanoparticles. The current research was conducted out to probe the sway of drought at critical growth stages (CGS) of wheat crop (D 0 : Control, D 1 : Drought at tillering stage, and D 2 : Drought at anthesis stage) and the application of Cu-nanoparticles (T 0 : 0 mg L −1 , T 1 : 300 mg L −1 , T 2 : 700 mg L −1 , and T 3 : 950 mg L −1 ) in order to improve drought resilience. Results of the study revealed that DS considerably decreased the wheat growth and yield during CGS. However, Cu-nanoparticles application alleviated the detrimental backlash of DS and led to improvements in various aspects of wheat growth and yield, including plant height, spike length, 1000 grain weight, stomatal conductance, leaf chlorophyll content, water use efficiency, leaf turgor potential, relative water content, and ultimately the grain yield. The use of principal component analysis allowed us to integrate and interpret the diverse findings of our study, elucidating the impact of Cu-nanoparticle treatment on wheat growth and yield under drought. Overall, the study concluded that DS during the anthesis stage had the most significant negative impact on crop yield. However, applying Cu-nanoparticles at the rate of 300 mg L −1 proved to be an effective strategy for improving crop productivity by reducing the harmful effects of drought.

Перевод пока недоступен

Идентификаторы

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62680-1

Цитирования и источники

Цитирований: 2Использованных источников: 0

Показатели — AkademScholar