Salinity reduces crop yields and quality, causing global economic losses. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) improve plant physiological and metabolic processes and abiotic stress resistance. This study examined the effects of foliar ZnO-NPs at 75 and 150 mg/L on tomato Kecskeméti 549 plants to alleviate salt stress caused by 150 mM …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc (Zn) plays an important role in the physiology and biochemistry of plants due to its established essentiality and toxicity for living beings at certain Zn …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in improving plant zinc nutrition under low soil zinc concentrations: a review. Plant Soil 304, 315–325 (2008). Article CAS Google Scholar
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Biofortification is one of the best strategies to improve crop productivity and nutrient concentration in plants (Mertens and Smolders 2013; Waters and Sankaran 2011).Biofortified maize varieties can contribute 18–29% of high Zn content to children of 4–6 years old and pregnant women compared to non-biofortified maize (Gallego-Castillo …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc is one of the most important micronutrients required for optimal plant growth and productivity. Paradoxically, a higher concentration of the same can be toxic for the plants, and hence, a constant supply of zinc to maintain an optimal intracellular concentration in plants is required which is referred to as zinc homeostasis.
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Background Zinc (Zn) enrichment in cereal grains is a promising method to relieve human Zn malnutrition. Many factors influence grain Zn accumulation, but the role of rhizosphere microbes in soil environment and crop Zn uptake remain unknown. Methods This study examined the relationships between rhizosphere microbes, rhizosphere soil …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc concentration that caused a 50% inhibition of Alternaria brassicicola growth in vitro (Alternaria brassicicola EC 50) and theoretical correspondence between Zn leaf concentration and Zn concentration in solution in Noccaea caerulescens plants grown at 12 and 102 µM Zn (A). Plant and pathogen response curves to metal …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The essentiality of Zinc (Zn) for plant growth and development is not a new message. Zn is the second most common transition metal in living organisms, after iron (Fe) (Marschner 2012).Because zinc has structural, catalytic, and active properties, it is necessity for plant growth, reproduction, and signaling (Mousavi et al. 2018b).Zinc is …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Background and aims Nitrogen (N), commonly applied to increase rice yield, can influence grain quality by its effect on grain zinc (Zn) concentration. This study evaluated the effects of N fertilizer as applied to the soil and as foliar N on the yield and grain Zn and N concentrations. Methods Two rice varieties with low grain Zn and high …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Background and aims Increasing both yield and grain zinc (Zn) concentration (GZC) are the two important goals of maize production in China and elsewhere in the world. However, it is not clear whether soil application of Zn fertilizer could realize high yield and GZC. The current study aimed to examine how soil Zn application …
WhatsApp: +86 182217550731. Introduction. Micronutrients play a central role in plant metabolism maintenance, growth and production, stress tolerance and disease resistance (Shahzad and Amtmann, 2017) Micronutrients like copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), Iron (Fe), and Zinc (Zn) are essential for plants at an optimal concentration.However, they are toxic at …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc and Plant Growth. The function of zinc is to help the plant produce chlorophyll. Leaves discolor when the soil is deficient in zinc and plant growth is stunted. Zinc deficiency causes a type of leaf discoloration called chlorosis, which causes the tissue between the veins to turn yellow while the veins remain green.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The findings indicate that Zn-NCDs can provide a sufficient amount of zinc for plant absorption. The highest zinc concentration was found in Zn-NCDs treatments (Table 5). Zinc concentration in grains treated with Zn-NCDs1 was 18.67 times higher than the zinc concentration in grains treated with ZnSO 4. The amount of zinc in the grain …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Analysis of zinc in the leaves of Neem, sajna and Tulsi found that Tulsi leaves contains higher amount of zinc than other plant products, which may be useful in the exploration of medicinal values of these species. Zinc activates 300 enzymes and it plays role in many other phenomenon like growth, membrane stability, bone mineralization, tissue growth …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Availability of Zn to plant is hampered by its immobile nature and adverse soil conditions. Thus, Zn deficiency is observed even though high amount is available in soil. Root-shoot barrier, a major controller of zinc transport in plant is highly affected by changes in the anatomical structure of conducting tissue and adverse soil conditions like …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Main conclusion This review highlights the most recent updated information available about Zn phytotoxicity at physiological, biochemical and molecular levels, uptake mechanisms as well as excess Zn homeostasis in plants. Abstract Zinc (Zn) is a natural component of soil in terrestrial environments and is a vital element for plant growth, as it …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Globally 1/3rd of the human population is at the risk of zinc malnutrition concerning the development and well-being. The major cereal food crops are poor in zinc concentration. Plant breeding and genetic engineering strategies have improved the grain zinc content of major crops in India. Of the cereals, finger millet is an important staple …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient that improves plant resistance against drought stress by regulating various physiological and molecular mechanisms. This review discusses the effects of drought …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc sulfate and Zn oxide had higher total phenols than Zn-EDTA, and these are the sources of Zn that increased Zn accumulation in pea microgreens . Zinc concentrations of 25 ppm had lower antioxidant activity than 50, 100, and 200 ppm. All the treatments had similar total phenols compared to the control.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc is an essential micronutrient for both plants and animals. In plants, it plays a vital role in various physiological and metabolic processes, thereby causing an optimal plant growth (Rudani and Prajapati 2018).Zn serves structural, catalytic and regulatory roles in a number of proteins and enzymes such as alcohol dehydrogenase …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073I Carroll and Loneragan (1968) grew several species over a range of zinc concentrations. All plants grew well at 0.01 pM zinc and gave maximum growth at 0.25 pM zinc or less. Uptake of zinc was linear with concentration to about 10 p M zinc in the nutrient solution. Toxic effects were encountered in the 1-6 p M level, which is …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Front Plant Sci. 2023 Apr 3:14:1169858. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1169858. ... Introduction: Zinc (Zn) deficiency causes serious diseases in people who rely on cereals as their main food source. However, the grain zinc concentration (GZnC) in wheat is low. Biofortification is a sustainable strategy for reducing human Zn deficiency.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Sulfur and Zinc Concentrations in Plant. Statistical review of the evidence concerning the S concentration in plant found that substantial difference was observed in concentration of S at various added sulfur levels (Table 6). Maximum S content (0.197%) was observed when S was applied at 60 kg followed by 90 kg S ha −1 (0.181%). Totally, …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and productivity, but its excess can be toxic. Learn how plants regulate zinc uptake, transport, and distribution …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073in rice, or little leaf formation in fruit trees, zinc concentrations are generally below 10-12 ppm. In zinc-deficient locations, zinc concentrations of cereal grains are found to be below 15-20 ppm. Treatment of Zinc Deficient Soils and Plants Once identified, zinc deficient soils can easily be treated with zinc-containing fertilizers.
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073For example, Zn concentration in plant parts such as seeds is an important parameter for human nutrition. Previous research reported seed Zn content QTLs (quantitative trait loci) in wheat ... G.H. is grateful to colleagues researching plant zinc efficiency as well as Hacisalihoglu G. lab members at Florida A & M University (USA). …
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073The composition and concentration of growth media determined the level of Zinc uptake in plants. Zinc forms complexes with organic ligands or moves as divalent cation in nutrient medium or in the soils (Kabata-Pendias and Pendias 2001).
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Inoculation of barley with AMF resulted in improved grain and straw Zn concentrations, especially at low soil Zn concentrations, but did not increase the biomass of the plants. Of the five HvZIP genes tested that are up-regulated under low Zn conditions, one gene (HvZIP13) was significantly up-regulated by mycorrhizal colonisation at the lowest ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc in plants - An overview. August 2012; Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 24(4):322-333; ... The extent of plant injury by elevated Zn concentrations is also assessed, considering its ...
WhatsApp: +86 18221755073This review article discusses the essential roles of zinc in plant proteins, the acquisition and distribution of zinc by plants, and the approaches to improve zinc …
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WhatsApp: +86 18221755073Zinc (Zn) is an essential component of thousands of proteins in plants, although it is toxic in excess. In this review, the dominant fluxes of Zn in the soil-root-shoot continuum are described, including Zn inputs to soils, the plant availability of soluble Zn(2+) at the root surface, and plant uptake and accumulation of Zn.
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