Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Mohammad Nauman Khan, Yanhui Li, Zaid Khan, Linlin Chen, Jiahao Liu, Jin Hu, Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: The study demonstrated that nanopriming with cerium oxide nanoparticles improved salt tolerance in rapeseeds by enhancing germination, water absorption, alpha-amylase activities, reducing oxidative damage, and maintaining Na+/K+ ratio. The nanoparticles were mainly located in the seed coat during priming, with increasing intensity in cotyledon and radicle over time. This research provides insights into the mechanisms underlying nanopriming-enhanced plant salt tolerance.
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yinglong Chen, Rongkai Li, Jianfei Ge, Juge Liu, Wenbo Wang, Mofan Xu, Rui Zhang, Shahid Hussain, Huanhe Wei, Qigen Dai
Summary: The study found that melatonin (MT) significantly enhanced salt tolerance in rice, leading to increased grain yield. This effect was achieved by mitigating the adverse effects of salinity on leaf cell membranes and regulating the activity of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging system and K+ retention mechanism.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sayed A. Hussin, Safwat Hassan Ali, Muhammad E. Lotfy, Emad H. Abd El-Samad, Mohamed A. Eid, Ali M. Abd-Elkader, Sayed Said Eisa
Summary: This study investigated the salt resistance of two quinoa ecotypes and found that the Peruvian ecotype showed better adaptability to high salinity and higher biomass production compared to the Bolivian ecotype. The Peruvian ecotype also exhibited higher photosynthetic water use efficiency under salt stress.
Article
Horticulture
Sang-Mo Kang, Shifa Shaffique, Md. Injamum-Ul-Hoque, Sarah Owdah Alomrani, Yong-Sung Park, In-Jung Lee
Summary: Salinity is a global environmental problem that affects the physiology and morphology of plants. Melatonin has been found to improve photosynthesis, antioxidant activities, and seedling characteristics in milk thistle plants exposed to salinity stress, thereby enhancing their salt tolerance.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2024)
Article
Horticulture
K. B. Hebbar, Arya Santhosh, Abhin P. Sukumar, P. Neethu, S. Ramesh, V Selvamani
Summary: Coconut is grown in coastal and island areas vulnerable to sea level rise caused by climate change. However, the understanding of coconut's growth and physiological response to sea water is limited. This study found that coconut seedlings could tolerate 10% sea water substitution, while physiological processes were significantly affected by sea water concentrations above 50% substitution.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Marcela Maria Albuquerque Silva, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Evandro Nascimento Silva, Juracy Barroso Neto, Pedro Jose Herminio, Thais Lima Ramalho, Vitor Gomes Nunes, Adriano Nascimento Simoes, Eduardo Soares Souza, Sergio Luiz Ferreira-Silva
Summary: A comparative analysis was conducted to study the salt sensibility of two grapevine rootstocks in terms of growth, ion exclusion, and photosynthesis efficiency. The 'IAC 313' rootstock showed better growth, ion retention, and carbon assimilation under salinity compared to the 'Paulsen' rootstock. The characteristic of more favorable ionic homeostasis in 'IAC 313' was associated with its superior performance under salt stress.
JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pranavkumar Gajjar, Ahmed Ismail, Tabibul Islam, Ahmed G. Darwish, Md Moniruzzaman, Eman Abuslima, Ahmed S. Dawood, Abdelkareem M. El-Saady, Violeta Tsolova, Ashraf El-Kereamy, Peter Nick, Sherif M. Sherif, Michael D. Abazinge, Islam El-Sharkawy
Summary: Salinity is a significant agricultural problem, especially in arid or semi-arid regions. Salt-adapted grape rootstocks have evolved diverse strategies to counteract salt-induced damage. The study reveals that the RUG rootstock maintains higher levels of photosynthetic pigments and enhances the accumulation of soluble sugars and antioxidant enzyme activities under salt stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Xiaoli Wang, Mengjie An, Kaiyong Wang, Hua Fan, Jiaohua Shi, Kuan Chen
Summary: The study demonstrated that the application of OPCM significantly altered the transport of K+ and Na+ in cotton, maintaining the balance of K+ and Na+ in both leaf and root, and regulating physiological and biochemical indicators to mitigate stress-induced damage. Additionally, the regulation effect of OPCM on saline stress was more effective than that on alkaline stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Dan Jiang, Bin Lu, Liantao Liu, Wenjing Duan, Yanjun Meng, Jin Li, Ke Zhang, Hongchun Sun, Yongjiang Zhang, Hezhong Dong, Zhiying Bai, Cundong Li
Summary: This study demonstrates that exogenous melatonin (MT) can enhance salt tolerance in cotton seedlings by regulating the photosynthetic system, osmotic modulators, chloroplast, and anatomical structure. Treatment with MT alleviates oxidative damage and ion imbalance caused by salt stress, leading to improved growth and biomass production in plants.
Article
Plant Sciences
Abdoul Kader Mounkaila Hamani, Shuang Li, Jinsai Chen, Abubakar Sunusi Amin, Guangshuai Wang, Shen Xiaojun, Muhammad Zain, Yang Gao
Summary: Exogenous foliar application of GB can effectively alleviate salt stress damage to cotton seedlings, with 5 mM GB concentration serving as an optional choice for protecting cotton seedlings from NaCl stress by promoting stomatal functions, photosynthetic activities, and growth characteristics.
Review
Plant Sciences
Jinhua Shao, Wei Tang, Kai Huang, Can Ding, Haocheng Wang, Wenlong Zhang, Ronghui Li, Muhammad Aamer, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Rehab O. Elnour, Mohamed Hashem, Guoqin Huang, Sameer H. Qari
Summary: Salinity stress negatively affects agricultural productivity, but the application of zinc has been found to mitigate its adverse effects. Zinc improves various growth and stress response processes in plants, including seed germination, water uptake, nutrient absorption, and antioxidant activity. Additionally, zinc application increases the synthesis of secondary metabolites and the expression of stress responsive genes. This review article fills knowledge gaps regarding the role of zinc in mitigating salinity stress.
Article
Plant Sciences
Laha Supriya, Pullaiahgari Durgeshwar, Mehanathan Muthamilarasan, Gudipalli Padmaja
Summary: Melatonin enhances drought tolerance in cotton plants by modulating the antioxidant system, increasing photosynthetic activity, water-use efficiency, and nitrogen metabolism. The study also found that the effect of melatonin differs between drought-sensitive and drought-tolerant varieties, with more pronounced effects observed in the sensitive variety. Additionally, the study suggests that autophagy may play a role in alleviating drought stress.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Djanaguiraman Maduraimuthu, Senthil Alagarswamy, Jeyakumar Prabhakaran, Kalarani M. Karuppasami, Prasad B. R. Venugopal, Vanitha Koothan, Sritharan Natarajan, Vijayalakshmi Dhashnamurthi, Ravichandran Veerasamy, Sivakumar Rathinavelu, Boominathan Parasuraman
Summary: A study found that nanoceria can alleviate oxidative damage in pulse crops under drought stress. Results showed that foliar application of nanoceria at a concentration of 100 mg L-1 can reduce the content of superoxide radicals and hydrogen peroxide, decrease membrane damage, and increase photosynthetic rate, pod-set percentage, and seed yield per square meter.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Kochurani K. Johnson, Pramod Koshy, Chantal Kopecky, Michelle Devadason, Joanna Biazik, Xiaoran Zheng, Yue Jiang, Xiaochun Wang, Yiling Liu, Jeff Holst, Jia-Lin Yang, Kristopher A. Kilian, Charles C. Sorrell
Summary: This study reports the therapeutic effectiveness of EGFR-targeted ceria nanorods in cancer cells. EGF-functionalized nanoceria exhibited increased cellular uptake and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production compared to silanized nanoceria. Silanized nanoceria showed minimal cytotoxicity toward healthy cells but exhibited significant cytotoxicity toward cancer cells. EGFR targeting enhances the anticancer activity and therapeutic performance of ceria.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
(2023)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kunal Sarkar, Kaushik Dutta, Arindam Chatterjee, Jit Sarkar, Dipankar Das, Arbind Prasad, Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Krishnendu Acharya, Madhusudan Das, Suresh K. Verma, Sriparna De
Summary: In this study, folic acid functionalized nanoceria were formulated and their potential efficacy in the wound healing process was explored. The nanoformulation showed remarkable bacteriostatic effect and satisfactory biocompatibility. Moreover, the spray of FA-nanoceria demonstrated excellent wound healing capacity within 14 days in an in vivo mice model.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Ranfeng Ye, Haiwei Xu, Jiangjiang Gu, Hao Chen
Summary: The study demonstrated the synthesis of a protein-posnjakite nanobiohybrid with a unique structure for immunoassay detection of insecticidal crystalline protein CrylAb, showing excellent performance. The proposed method allows for the integration of various biomolecules with posnjakite to design multifunctional nanobiohybrids for diverse applications.
ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ping Wang, Geng Zhang, Xu-Yang Wei, Rui Liu, Jiang-Jiang Gu, Fei-Fei Cao
Summary: In the process of preparing carbon materials using natural wood structures, it was found that cellulose contributes to the formation of graphitic structure during pyrolysis, thus enhancing charge transfer and the stability of electrode reactions.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yanhui Li, Jiahao Liu, Chengcheng Fu, Mohammad Nauman Khan, Jin Hu, Fameng Zhao, Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: Poly(acrylic) acid-coated nanoceria can improve rapeseed salt tolerance by scavenging ROS, protecting leaf cell membrane, and modulating Cu-Zn SOD and LOX-IV activities.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lan Zhu, Lingling Chen, Jiangjiang Gu, Huixin Ma, Honghong Wu
Summary: This review summarizes the applications of carbon-based nanomaterials in nano-enabled agriculture, including light converters, nanosensors, and delivery tools. Possible knowledge gaps are discussed.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mohammad Nauman Khan, Yanhui Li, Chengcheng Fu, Jin Hu, Linlin Chen, Jiasen Yan, Zaid Khan, Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: This study used polyacrylic acid coated nanoceria to prime rapeseed seeds and found that the nanoprimed seeds showed improved seedling growth and salt tolerance compared to the control group. The improvement may be attributed to the nanopriming effect on reducing oxidative stress, increasing salicylic acid content, and regulating the expression of salicylic acid biosynthesis genes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Linlin Chen, Yuquan Peng, Lan Zhu, Yuan Huang, Zhilong Bie, Honghong Wu
Summary: Foliar spray of nanoceria can improve cucumber salt tolerance and has a better stimulating effect on the antioxidant system of plants.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mohammad Nauman Khan, Chengcheng Fu, Jiaqi Li, Yunpeng Tao, Yanhui Li, Jin Hu, Lingling Chen, Zaid Khan, Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: Salt and drought stress are worldwide environmental issues that affect seed germination and agricultural production. Nanopriming, a new seed technology, shows promise in improving crop tolerance to stress factors. This review provides an overview of nanopriming in enhancing salt and drought tolerance, explores the underlying mechanisms, and highlights the importance of physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials and seed coat anatomy in achieving effective nanopriming.
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: This article discusses the delivery of nanoparticles in plants and plant cells, including barriers, electrochemical gradients, design factors, etc. The goal is to promote a better understanding of nanoparticle-plant interactions and provide design recommendations for nano-enabled agriculture.
PLANT COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Biomaterials
Guilan Sun, Zihao Dong, Guangjing Li, Hezhen Yuan, Jiahao Liu, Xue Yao, Jiangjiang Gu, Honghong Wu, Zhaohu Li
Summary: Poly (acrylic) acid coated Mn3O4 nanoparticles (PAA@Mn3O4 nanoparticles) were found to improve maize drought tolerance by increasing root length, shoot length, fresh weight, and protein content, while reducing malondialdehyde (MDA) content and hydrogen peroxide levels. These nanoparticles can alleviate drought-inhibited cell mitosis activities by maintaining homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS).
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Jiangjiang Gu, Xingchang Lu, Guangjing Li, Baoliang Shan, Jiahao Liu, Yaxin Qu, Huan Ye, Kai Xi, Honghong Wu
Summary: Recently, there has been a lot of research on cutting two-dimension MXenes into quantum dots (QDs) in order to take advantage of their photoluminescence properties. However, it is still a challenge to use MXene QDs (MQDs) for simultaneous detection and scavenging of heavy metal ions that may be harmful to the environment and human health. In this study, MQDs were prepared by hydrothermal treatment of Ti3C2 MXene in the presence of ethylenediamine and oxidized by H2O2 to obtain carbon dots (CDs). These MQDs and CDs showed excellent dispersibility, small size, good fluorescence, and high stability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ting Zhang, Qingdong Zeng, Fan Ji, Honghong Wu, Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro, Qingshan Wei, Hao Yang, Xuhan Xia, Yao Ren, Keqing Mu, Qiang He, Zhensheng Kang, Ruijie Deng
Summary: An in-field molecular diagnostic tool for crop diseases is developed, which utilizes a cheap colorimetric paper and a smartphone for rapid, low-cost, and multiplexed detection of pathogens. The tool can guide the precise application of pesticides, resulting in reduced pesticide usage and improved crop yield.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lan Zhu, Wenying Xu, Xue Yao, Linlin Chen, Guangjing Li, Jiangjiang Gu, Lu Chen, Zhaohu Li, Honghong Wu
Summary: In this study, the impact of the cell wall and its components on the delivery of charged carbon quantum dots to leaf cells of cucumber and Arabidopsis plants was investigated. The results showed that pectin is an important factor influencing the uptake of negatively charged carbon dots in leaf cells.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Yuquan Peng, Linlin Chen, Lan Zhu, Lvjun Cui, Li Yang, Honghong Wu, Zhilong Bie
Summary: This study found that the application of polyacrylic acid-coated nanoceria (PNC) can improve cucumber salt tolerance by reducing reactive oxygen species levels and increasing potassium content. The RNA sequencing analysis revealed that AKT1 plays a crucial role in the improved potassium uptake. This research provides insights into the mechanisms of nano-improved plant salt tolerance and suggests the potential use of CRISPR-Cas9 for studying the key genes involved.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-NANO
(2022)