Abstract
BACKGROUND: Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most widely grown and vital cereal crops, containing a high percentage of basic nutrients such as carbohydrates and proteins. Drought stress is one of the most significant limitations on wheat productivity. Due to climate change influences plant development and growth, physiological processes, grain quality, and yield. Drought stress has elicited a wide range of plant responses, namely physiological and molecular adaptations. Biopriming is one of the recent attempts to combat drought stress. Mitigating the harmful impact of abiotic stresses on crops by deploying extreme-habitat-adapted symbiotic microbes. The purpose of this study was to see how biopriming Triticum aestivum grains affected the effects of inoculating endophytic fungi Aspergillus fumigatus ON307213 isolated from stressed wheat plants in four model agricultural plants (Gemmiza-7, Sids-1, Sakha8, and Giza 168). And its viability in reducing drought stress through the use of phenotypic parameters such as root and shoot fresh and dry weight, shoot and root length, and so on. On a biochemical and physiological level, enzymatic parameters such as catalase and superoxidase dismutase are used. Total phenolics, flavonoids, and photosynthetic pigments are non-enzymatic parameters. Making use of molecular techniques such as reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS: It has been found that using Aspergillus fumigatus as a biological biopriming tool can positively impact wheat plants experiencing drought stress. The total biomass of stressed wheat plants that had been bio-primed rose by more than 40% as compared to wheat plants that had not been bio-primed. A. fumigatus biopriming either increased or decreased the amount of enzymatic and non-enzymatic substances on biochemical scales, aside from the noticeable increase in photosynthetic pigment that occurs in plants that have been bio-primed and stressed. Drought-resistant genes show a biopriming influence in gene expression. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first paper to describe the practicality of a. fumigatus biopriming and its effect on minimizing the degrading effects of drought through water limitation. It suggests the potential applications of arid habitat-adapted endophytes in agricultural systems.
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Claim · model-written summary
Biopriming increased total biomass of drought-stressed wheat by more than 40% compared with unprimed plants.
- Taxon
- wheat plants
Triticum aestivume0 - Treatment
- Aspergillus fumigatuse1
- Interactor
- Aspergillus fumigatus
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Aspergillus fumigatuse1symbiont - Outcome
- total biomasse0
- Direction
- rosee0
- Value
- more than 40%e0
- Comparator
- wheat plants that had not been bio-primede0
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Verbatim
e0“The total biomass of stressed wheat plants that had been bio-primed rose by more than 40% as compared to wheat plants that had not been bio-primed.”
e1“using Aspergillus fumigatus as a biological biopriming tool”
Claim · model-written summary
Fungal biopriming altered enzymatic and non-enzymatic substance amounts in both directions.
- Taxon
- wheat plantsTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- A. fumigatus biopriminge0
- Interactor
- A. fumigatusAspergillus fumigatuse0symbiont
- Outcome
- amount of enzymatic and non-enzymatic substancese0
- Direction
- increased or decreasede0
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Verbatim
e0“A. fumigatus biopriming either increased or decreased the amount of enzymatic and non-enzymatic substances on biochemical scales”
e1“wheat plants experiencing drought stress”
Claim · model-written summary
Bioprimed, stressed plants had increased photosynthetic pigment.
- Taxon
- wheat plantsTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- A. fumigatus biopriminge2
- Interactor
- A. fumigatusAspergillus fumigatuse2symbiont
- Outcome
- photosynthetic pigmente0
- Direction
- increasee0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“noticeable increase in photosynthetic pigment that occurs in plants that have been bio-primed and stressed”
e1“wheat plants experiencing drought stress”
e2“A. fumigatus biopriming”
Claim · model-written summary
Biopriming influenced drought-resistance gene expression.
- Taxon
- wheat plantsTriticum aestivume1
- Treatment
- A. fumigatus biopriminge2
- Interactor
- A. fumigatusAspergillus fumigatuse2symbiont
- Gene
- Drought-resistant genese0
- Outcome
- gene expressione0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Drought-resistant genes show a biopriming influence in gene expression.”
e1“wheat plants experiencing drought stress”
e2“A. fumigatus biopriming”
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