Unravelling Potential of Silicon and Rhizobacteria in Reducing Cd-related Health Risk in Grazing Animals by Enhancing Maize Fodder Quality DOI

Seemal Naeem,

Waqas–ud–Din Khan, Tahmina Nazish

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 13, 2025

Abstract Cadmium (Cd) enrichment in agricultural soils due to wastewater irrigation poses significant risks the growth, quality, and yield of maize fodder. This study explores role SN215 silicon (Si) mitigating cadmium toxicity fodder reducing associated health grazing animals. The strain, isolated from wheat rhizosphere identified as SN215, exhibited 83% Cd biosorption efficiency at a medium concentration (10 ppm). Under controlled greenhouse conditions, combined application Si significantly enhanced resulting two-fold improvement shoot fresh dry biomass. Furthermore, treatment improved relative water content (RWC), phenolic levels, chlorophyll concentrations, protein content, restoring RWC 60% increasing by 10% comparison plants under Cd-only stress. increased antioxidant enzyme activities (ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, peroxidase) while oxidative stress markers like malondialdehyde hydrogen peroxide 61.96% 59.43%, respectively. Moreover, reduced uptake shoots 95% soil levels 30%. Health risk assessments revealed negligible daily intake metals index for animals with treatment, highlighting its effectiveness toxicity. findings demonstrate potential co-application an eco-friendly strategy improve quality reduce Cd-contaminated environments.

Language: Английский

Enhancing Plant Resilience to Abiotic Stress: The Power of Biostimulants DOI Open Access
Su-Ee Lau,

Lucas Wei Tze Lim,

Mohd Fadhli Hamdan

et al.

Phyton, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 0(0), P. 1 - 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abiotic stresses such as drought, heat, salinity, and heavy metal contamination severely affect global agricultural productivity.Between 2005 2015, droughts caused losses of approximately USD 29 billion in developing countries, from 2008 to 2018, accounted for over 34% crop livestock yield losses, totaling about 37 billion.To support the growing human population, output must increase substantially, necessitating a 60%-100% rise productivity meet escalating demand.To address environmental challenges, organic, inorganic, microbial biostimulants are increasingly employed enhance plant resilience through various morphological, physiological, biochemical modifications.Plant under abiotic stress mechanisms abscisic acid signaling modulation, which regulates stomatal closure reduce water loss during drought heat stress.Additionally, they aid scavenging reactive oxygen species stabilizing ion channels, mitigating oxidative damage, maintaining ionic balance conditions salinity.This review summarizes recent advancements applying these biostimulants, focusing on their roles triggering biochemical, molecular changes that collectively conditions.It also includes bibliometric analysis all articles published 2019 2024 explores future research directions.Emphasis was placed optimizing biostimulant formulations understanding synergistic effects maximize efficacy conditions.By integrating into practices, we can adopt sustainable strategy safeguard face climate change stressors.

Language: Английский

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Effects of Different Biological Amendments on Rice Physiology, Yield, Quality, and Soil Microbial Community of Rice–Crab Co-Culture in Saline–Alkali Soil DOI Creative Commons

Yang Guo,

Juncang Tian, Zhi Wang

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 649 - 649

Published: March 5, 2025

The yield and quality of rice are influenced by soil conditions, the issues in saline–alkaline land limit agricultural productivity. fields northern irrigation area Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, face challenges such as low yield, poor quality, fertilizer utilization efficiency, salinity alkalinity obstacles. To improve this situation, study conducted experiments 2022–2023 rice–crab integrated Tongbei Village, Tonggui Township, Yinchuan. This employed a single-factor comparative design, applying 150 mL·hm−2 brassinolide (A1), 15 kg·hm−2 diatomaceous (A2), 30 Bacillus subtilis agent (A3), an untreated control (CK) to analyze effects different biological amendments on growth, photosynthesis, microbial communities. results indicated that, compared with CK, A3 increased SPAD value net photosynthetic rate 2.26% 28.59%, respectively. Rice 12.34%, water use efficiency (WUE) 10.67%, palatability score 2.82%, while amylose content decreased 8.00%. bacterial OTUs (Operational Taxonomic Units) fungal 2.18% 22.39%, Under condition showed superior highest (8804.4 kg·hm−2), OTUs. These findings provide theoretical technical support for utilizing remediation agents achieve desalinization, enhancement, improvement, saline–alkali co–culture paddies.

Language: Английский

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Yield and Quality of Maize Grain in Response to Soil Fertilization with Silicon, Calcium, Magnesium, and Manganese and the Foliar Application of Silicon and Calcium: Preliminary Results DOI Creative Commons
A. Artyszak, Dariusz Gozdowski, Jerzy Jończak

et al.

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 837 - 837

Published: March 27, 2025

Climate change is forcing the search for innovative solutions to effectively reduce its harmful effects on food production. In addition, increasingly stringent regulations are being introduced in European Union (the Green Deal), mandating reductions mineral fertilizer doses, which can crop yields. One technology could be soil fertilization and foliar application of Si-based fertilizers. A two-year field experiment (2023 2024), commercial conditions Kraski (52°2′42″ N, 18°54′6″ E), Central Poland, studied effect differentiated products yield quality maize grain at two levels nitrogen/phosphorus/potassium (NPK) (100% 50%). The SiGS® (Si—200 g kg−1, Ca—181 Mg—46 Mn—45 kg−1) was applied doses 100, 300, 500 kg ha−1, alone or with Barrier Si-Ca® (Si—336 dm−3; Ca—207 dm−3) (1 dm3 ha−1). number combinations assessed 16. were compared against control treatment. evaluated plant physiological parameters, dry matter yield, moisture content (protein, fat, starch content), components. highest yields obtained a dose ha−1 (giving an increase 17.5%), 300 plus (+16.4%), (+17.8%). treatments half-rate NPK similar magnitude (on average, +11.9%) full rate (+12.6%) treatments. Doubling contributed 7.8%. had significant beneficial protein fat grain, while it reduced content.

Language: Английский

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Unravelling Potential of Silicon and Rhizobacteria in Reducing Cd-related Health Risk in Grazing Animals by Enhancing Maize Fodder Quality DOI

Seemal Naeem,

Waqas–ud–Din Khan, Tahmina Nazish

et al.

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 13, 2025

Abstract Cadmium (Cd) enrichment in agricultural soils due to wastewater irrigation poses significant risks the growth, quality, and yield of maize fodder. This study explores role SN215 silicon (Si) mitigating cadmium toxicity fodder reducing associated health grazing animals. The strain, isolated from wheat rhizosphere identified as SN215, exhibited 83% Cd biosorption efficiency at a medium concentration (10 ppm). Under controlled greenhouse conditions, combined application Si significantly enhanced resulting two-fold improvement shoot fresh dry biomass. Furthermore, treatment improved relative water content (RWC), phenolic levels, chlorophyll concentrations, protein content, restoring RWC 60% increasing by 10% comparison plants under Cd-only stress. increased antioxidant enzyme activities (ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, peroxidase) while oxidative stress markers like malondialdehyde hydrogen peroxide 61.96% 59.43%, respectively. Moreover, reduced uptake shoots 95% soil levels 30%. Health risk assessments revealed negligible daily intake metals index for animals with treatment, highlighting its effectiveness toxicity. findings demonstrate potential co-application an eco-friendly strategy improve quality reduce Cd-contaminated environments.

Language: Английский

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