Abstract
The pervasive issue of heavy metal contamination in agricultural lands poses significant concerns and has wide-ranging implications for ecosystems. However, an encouraging solution lies in exploiting the potential of fungal endophytes to alleviate these detrimental effects. This study emphasized on improving the growth-promoting and chromium-alleviating capabilities of fungal endophytes, particularly Aspergillus sojae strain SH20, through ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Following UV treatment, SH20 exhibited significantly enhanced growth-promoting and chromium-alleviating capabilities in comparison to its non-irradiated counterpart. Distinctly, the UV-treated SH20 strain demonstrated an improved ability to accumulate and reduce toxic chromate in the soil, effectively addressing the growth constraints imposed by elevated chromium levels in Brassica napus L. The UV-irradiated SH20 variant boosted shoot length up to 3 times that of the control. Similarly, this fungal strain displayed a remarkable increase in the total fresh weight of the seedlings, recording nearly 17 times greater than the control. The isolate treated with UV light reduced the absorption of chromium by about 3 times in the roots, helping the young plants to grow well even when exposed to chromate stress. A drop in root colonization by the UV-treated strain further resulted in reduced chromate absorption by the roots. Also, the strain showed great skill in boosting the host's antioxidant defenses by reducing the buildup of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS), increasing the removal of ROS, and improving the plant's antioxidant levels, including phenols and flavonoids. When the host plants were exposed to 25 ppm of Cr stress, the UV-irradiated variant SH 20 stimulated the production of flavonoids (246 μg/ml) and phenols (952 μg/ml) in comparison to the control (with 220 μg/ml of flavonoids and 919 μg/ml of phenols). In conclusion, this report highlights how exposing the A. sojae strain SH20 to UV light has the potential to enhance its abilities to promote growth and bioremediate. This suggests a promising solution for addressing heavy metal contamination in agricultural lands.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
UV-treated SH20 had enhanced plant growth promotion and chromium alleviation relative to untreated SH20.
- Taxon
- Brassica napus
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Brassica napust0 - Treatment
- UV treatmente0
- Interactor
- SH20e0symbiont
- Outcome
- growth-promoting and chromium-alleviating capabilitiese0
- Direction
- enhancede0
- Comparator
- its non-irradiated counterparte0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_Brassica_napus_-_Habit.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“Following UV treatment, SH20 exhibited significantly enhanced growth-promoting and chromium-alleviating capabilities in comparison to its non-irradiated counterpart”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-treated SH20 improved soil chromate accumulation and reduction.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Interactor
- SH20e0symbiont
- Outcome
- accumulate and reduce toxic chromate in the soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the UV-treated SH20 strain demonstrated an improved ability to accumulate and reduce toxic chromate in the soil”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-irradiated SH20 increased shoot length to three times the control.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- UV-irradiated SH20e0
- Interactor
- SH20e0symbiont
- Outcome
- shoot lengthe0
- Direction
- boostede0
- Value
- 3 timese0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The UV-irradiated SH20 variant boosted shoot length up to 3 times that of the control”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-treated SH20 increased seedling fresh weight nearly 17-fold over control.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- this fungal straine0
- Interactor
- fungal straine0symbiont
- Outcome
- total fresh weight of the seedlingse0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Value
- nearly 17 timese0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“this fungal strain displayed a remarkable increase in the total fresh weight of the seedlings, recording nearly 17 times greater than the control”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-treated isolate reduced chromium uptake in roots about threefold.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Treatment
- The isolate treated with UV lighte0
- Outcome
- absorption of chromiume0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- about 3 timese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The isolate treated with UV light reduced the absorption of chromium by about 3 times in the roots”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
Reduced root colonization by the UV-treated strain coincided with lower root chromate absorption.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Organ / stage
- rootse0
- Interactor
- UV-treated straine0symbiont
- Outcome
- chromate absorption by the rootse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A drop in root colonization by the UV-treated strain further resulted in reduced chromate absorption by the roots”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
The strain reduced ROS buildup and increased ROS removal and plant antioxidants.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- the straine0
- Interactor
- the straine0symbiont
- Outcome
- antioxidant defensese0
- Direction
- boostinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the strain showed great skill in boosting the host's antioxidant defenses by reducing the buildup of harmful reactive oxygen species (ROS), increasing the removal of ROS, and improving the plant's antioxidant levels”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
At 25 ppm Cr, UV-irradiated SH20 raised flavonoids to 246 μg/ml versus 220 μg/ml control.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- UV-irradiated variant SH 20e0
- Interactor
- SH 20e0symbiont
- Outcome
- production of flavonoidse0
- Direction
- stimulatede0
- Value
- 246 μg/mle0
- Qualifier
- 25 ppm of Cr stresse0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When the host plants were exposed to 25 ppm of Cr stress, the UV-irradiated variant SH 20 stimulated the production of flavonoids (246 μg/ml) and phenols (952 μg/ml) in comparison to the control (with 220 μg/ml of flavonoids and 919 μg/ml of phenols)”
t0“Brassica napus”
Claim · model-written summary
At 25 ppm Cr, UV-irradiated SH20 raised phenols to 952 μg/ml versus 919 μg/ml control.
- Taxon
- Brassica napusBrassica napust0
- Treatment
- UV-irradiated variant SH 20e0
- Interactor
- SH 20e0symbiont
- Outcome
- phenolse0
- Direction
- stimulatede0
- Value
- 952 μg/mle0
- Qualifier
- 25 ppm of Cr stresse0
- Comparator
- the controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“When the host plants were exposed to 25 ppm of Cr stress, the UV-irradiated variant SH 20 stimulated the production of flavonoids (246 μg/ml) and phenols (952 μg/ml) in comparison to the control (with 220 μg/ml of flavonoids and 919 μg/ml of phenols)”
t0“Brassica napus”
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