Abstract
Salinity is the major constraint that decreases the yield and production of crops. Wheat has a significant value in agricultural food commodities. The germination and growth of wheat seedlings are a big challenge in salt-affected soils. The seed priming technique is used to mitigate salt stress and enhance the germination and growth of the crops. Therefore, the current study was conducted to evaluate the hydropriming of natural plant extract (moringa leaf extract) and water on wheat seeds and grown under different saline (0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2 M NaCl) environments. The germination attributes (germination percentage, germination index, mean germination day, coefficient of variance, vigor index) and seedling growth (fresh weight, dry weight, root length, shoot length) were enhanced in the plants primed by moringa leaf extract. The germination percentage was observed 10% more at 0.2 M NaCl stress in seeds treated with moringa leaf extract than seeds treated with water. The nutrient (K, Ca, Mg, P, S, Fe, B, Mn, Zn, Cu) uptake was also observed more in the shoots and roots of wheat seedlings soaked in moringa leaf extract as compared to soaked in water. Controlled plants showed higher concentrations of toxic ions (Na) and reactive oxygen species (H2O2) in shoots and roots of wheat seedlings. The use of moringa leaf extract for priming wheat seeds will enhance their germination and growth by maintaining efficient nutrient uptake and restricting the toxic ions and reactive oxygen species accumulation.
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Claim · model-written summary
Moringa leaf extract priming enhanced wheat germination attributes.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- moringa leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- germination percentage, germination index, mean germination daye0
- Direction
- enhancede0
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e0“The germination attributes (germination percentage, germination index, mean germination day, coefficient of variance, vigor index) and seedling growth (fresh weight, dry weight, root length, shoot length) were enhanced in the plants primed by moringa leaf extract”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Moringa leaf extract priming enhanced wheat seedling growth.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- moringa leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- fresh weight, dry weight, root lengthe0
- Direction
- enhancede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“The germination attributes (germination percentage, germination index, mean germination day, coefficient of variance, vigor index) and seedling growth (fresh weight, dry weight, root length, shoot length) were enhanced in the plants primed by moringa leaf extract”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
At 0.2 M NaCl, moringa priming raised germination percentage by 10% relative to water priming.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- moringa leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 10%e0
- Qualifier
- 0.2 M NaCl stresse0
- Comparator
- watere0
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Verbatim
e0“The germination percentage was observed 10% more at 0.2 M NaCl stress in seeds treated with moringa leaf extract than seeds treated with water”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Moringa priming increased nutrient uptake in wheat shoots and roots relative to water.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Organ / stage
- shoots and rootse0
- Treatment
- moringa leaf extracte0
- Outcome
- nutrient (K, Ca, Mg, P, S, Fe, B, Mn, Zn, Cu) uptakee0
- Direction
- moree0
- Comparator
- watere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The nutrient (K, Ca, Mg, P, S, Fe, B, Mn, Zn, Cu) uptake was also observed more in the shoots and roots of wheat seedlings soaked in moringa leaf extract as compared to soaked in water”
Claim · model-written summary
Control wheat seedlings had higher sodium and hydrogen peroxide concentrations in shoots and roots.
- Taxon
- wheatTriticum aestivume0
- Organ / stage
- shoots and rootse0
- Outcome
- concentrations of toxic ions (Na) and reactive oxygen species (H2O2)e0
- Direction
- highere0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Controlled plants showed higher concentrations of toxic ions (Na) and reactive oxygen species (H2O2) in shoots and roots of wheat seedlings”
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