Silicon Nanoparticles Mitigate Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Damage by Improving Antioxidants Activities and Concentration of Osmolytes in Southern Highbush Blueberry Plants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Treatments
2.2. Leaf Gas Exchange Parameters and Chlorophylls
2.3. Antioxidant Capacity Determination
2.4. Glycinebetaine, Lipid Peroxidation, Proline, and ROS Concentrations
2.5. Mineral Nutrient Concentration in Plant Tissue
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Leaf Gas Exchange and Leaf Greenness Parameters
3.2. Enzymatic Activities
3.3. Osmolyte Concentration
3.4. Oxygen, H2O2, and MDA Concentration in Plant Tissue
3.5. Mineral Nutrients Concentration in Plant Tissue
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Iqbal, Z.; Sarkhosh, A.; Balal, R.M.; Rauf, S.; Khan, N.; Altaf, M.A.; Camara-Zapata, J.M.; Garcia-Sanchez, F.; Shahid, M.A. Silicon Nanoparticles Mitigate Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Damage by Improving Antioxidants Activities and Concentration of Osmolytes in Southern Highbush Blueberry Plants. Agronomy 2021, 11, 2143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112143
Iqbal Z, Sarkhosh A, Balal RM, Rauf S, Khan N, Altaf MA, Camara-Zapata JM, Garcia-Sanchez F, Shahid MA. Silicon Nanoparticles Mitigate Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Damage by Improving Antioxidants Activities and Concentration of Osmolytes in Southern Highbush Blueberry Plants. Agronomy. 2021; 11(11):2143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112143
Chicago/Turabian StyleIqbal, Zafar, Ali Sarkhosh, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Saeed Rauf, Naeem Khan, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Jose M. Camara-Zapata, Francisco Garcia-Sanchez, and Muhammad Adnan Shahid. 2021. "Silicon Nanoparticles Mitigate Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Damage by Improving Antioxidants Activities and Concentration of Osmolytes in Southern Highbush Blueberry Plants" Agronomy 11, no. 11: 2143. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11112143