Abstract
Halophyte-based intercropping appears nowadays as a valuable approach in soil remediation and agriculture. In this work, intercropping between the halophyte Arthrocaulon macrostachyum and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. Sargento) was studied in both plant species using comparative mass spectrometry-based metabolomics coupled to metabolic pathway predictions. A significant number of changes in metabolites was observed in the halophyte. In terms of alteration of specific metabolic pathways, intercropping conditions stimulated sugar and starch metabolisms in tomato, whereas in the halophyte, intercropping mainly altered amino acid-related pathways. In addition, arginine and proline metabolism were commonly affected in both tomato and halophyte plants. Moreover, metabolomic changes were associated with physiological alterations in tomato. In this sense, mild oxidative stress was induced in intercropped tomato plants, which, in turn, could trigger signaling events leading to plant adjustment to intercropping conditions. This study represents the first approach toward understanding intercropping interactions at the metabolome level and its effect on plant physiology, opening up prospects for further characterization of this crop cultivation strategy.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping caused significant metabolite changes in Arthrocaulon macrostachyum.
- Taxon
- Arthrocaulon macrostachyum
Arthrocaulon macrostachyume0 - Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- changes in metabolitese1
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e0“intercropping between the halophyte Arthrocaulon macrostachyum and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum var. Sargento)”
e1“A significant number of changes in metabolites was observed in the halophyte.”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping stimulated sugar and starch metabolism in tomato.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- intercropping conditionse0
- Outcome
- sugar and starch metabolismse0
- Direction
- stimulatede0
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e0“intercropping conditions stimulated sugar and starch metabolisms in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropping altered amino acid pathways in the halophyte.
- Taxon
- Arthrocaulon macrostachyumArthrocaulon macrostachyume1
- Treatment
- intercroppinge0
- Outcome
- amino acid-related pathwayse0
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e0“in the halophyte, intercropping mainly altered amino acid-related pathways”
e1“Arthrocaulon macrostachyum”
Claim · model-written summary
Arginine and proline metabolism were affected in tomato under intercropping.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- intercropping conditionse1
- Outcome
- arginine and proline metabolisme0
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Verbatim
e0“arginine and proline metabolism were commonly affected in both tomato and halophyte plants”
e1“intercropping conditions stimulated sugar and starch metabolisms in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Arginine and proline metabolism were affected in the halophyte under intercropping.
- Taxon
- Arthrocaulon macrostachyumArthrocaulon macrostachyume1
- Treatment
- intercropping conditionse2
- Outcome
- arginine and proline metabolisme0
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Verbatim
e0“arginine and proline metabolism were commonly affected in both tomato and halophyte plants”
e1“Arthrocaulon macrostachyum”
e2“intercropping conditions stimulated sugar and starch metabolisms in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomato metabolomic changes were associated with physiological alterations.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- intercropping conditionse1
- Outcome
- physiological alterationse0
- Qualifier
- metabolomic changese0
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e0“metabolomic changes were associated with physiological alterations in tomato”
e1“intercropping conditions stimulated sugar and starch metabolisms in tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped tomato plants exhibited mild oxidative stress.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- intercroppede0
- Outcome
- oxidative stresse0
- Direction
- inducede0
- Qualifier
- milde0
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Verbatim
e0“mild oxidative stress was induced in intercropped tomato plants”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest oxidative stress could trigger signaling that adjusts tomato to intercropping.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Outcome
- plant adjustmente0
- Qualifier
- could trigger signaling eventse0
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Verbatim
e0“mild oxidative stress was induced in intercropped tomato plants, which, in turn, could trigger signaling events leading to plant adjustment to intercropping conditions”
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intercropping · physiology: oxidative · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results
1 in the opposite direction
- positive
intercropping · quality: sugar starch · Solanum lycopersicum (tomato)Positive and negative results
1 paper in the same direction as this paper · 1 in the opposite direction
- no effect
- positive
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