Eco-friendly herbicide tolerance in maize (Zea mays Linn.) using moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaf extract

IF 2.4 4区 生物学 Q2 PLANT SCIENCES
Hameed Ullah Khan, Muhammad Mudasar Aslam, Tahir Iqbal, Amana Khatoon, Muhammad Jamil, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Muhammad Nauman Khan, Majid Iqbal, Alevcan Kaplan, Sarah Abdul Razak, Baber Ali, Muhammad Siddique Afridi, Sozan Abdel Hamed, Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef
{"title":"Eco-friendly herbicide tolerance in maize (Zea mays Linn.) using moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) leaf extract","authors":"Hameed Ullah Khan,&nbsp;Muhammad Mudasar Aslam,&nbsp;Tahir Iqbal,&nbsp;Amana Khatoon,&nbsp;Muhammad Jamil,&nbsp;Shafiq Ur Rehman,&nbsp;Muhammad Nauman Khan,&nbsp;Majid Iqbal,&nbsp;Alevcan Kaplan,&nbsp;Sarah Abdul Razak,&nbsp;Baber Ali,&nbsp;Muhammad Siddique Afridi,&nbsp;Sozan Abdel Hamed,&nbsp;Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef","doi":"10.1007/s11738-025-03797-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Herbicides are often used in modern agriculture to control weed growth. Uneducated farmers often use herbicides in excessive quantities as recommended by local shopkeepers. These excessive not only harm crops but also negatively impact the growth of non-target plants. The present research was performed to evaluate the adverse effects of low (0.5%), recommended (1%), and high (2 and 4%) atrazine herbicide concentrations on morphological, biochemical, and anatomical growth parameters of maize plants without and with moringa leaf extract. High doses of atrazine herbicide significantly reduced seed germination, shoot/root length, and fresh weight of maize plants. The biochemical results revealed that the levels of chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids were significantly reduced, while the levels of total phenolic and 1.1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) were increased in the maize seedlings. Moringa leaf extract effectively mitigated the severe effects of atrazine concentrations on maize growth traits, including morphological (e.g., shoot and root length, shoot and root fresh weight), physicochemical (e.g., photosynthetic pigment content, phenolic content, total antioxidant activity), and anatomical (e.g., area of leaf vascular bundles, phloem and collenchyma tissue, xylem diameter) parameters. These results suggested that higher doses of atrazine herbicide negatively affect maize growth, while moringa leaf extract can mitigate the toxic effects of the atrazine herbicide at high concentrations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":6973,"journal":{"name":"Acta Physiologiae Plantarum","volume":"47 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Physiologiae Plantarum","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11738-025-03797-2","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PLANT SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Herbicides are often used in modern agriculture to control weed growth. Uneducated farmers often use herbicides in excessive quantities as recommended by local shopkeepers. These excessive not only harm crops but also negatively impact the growth of non-target plants. The present research was performed to evaluate the adverse effects of low (0.5%), recommended (1%), and high (2 and 4%) atrazine herbicide concentrations on morphological, biochemical, and anatomical growth parameters of maize plants without and with moringa leaf extract. High doses of atrazine herbicide significantly reduced seed germination, shoot/root length, and fresh weight of maize plants. The biochemical results revealed that the levels of chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids were significantly reduced, while the levels of total phenolic and 1.1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) were increased in the maize seedlings. Moringa leaf extract effectively mitigated the severe effects of atrazine concentrations on maize growth traits, including morphological (e.g., shoot and root length, shoot and root fresh weight), physicochemical (e.g., photosynthetic pigment content, phenolic content, total antioxidant activity), and anatomical (e.g., area of leaf vascular bundles, phloem and collenchyma tissue, xylem diameter) parameters. These results suggested that higher doses of atrazine herbicide negatively affect maize growth, while moringa leaf extract can mitigate the toxic effects of the atrazine herbicide at high concentrations.

求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 生物-植物科学
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
3.80%
发文量
125
审稿时长
3.1 months
期刊介绍: Acta Physiologiae Plantarum is an international journal established in 1978 that publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of plant physiology. The coverage ranges across this research field at various levels of biological organization, from relevant aspects in molecular and cell biology to biochemistry. The coverage is global in scope, offering articles of interest from experts around the world. The range of topics includes measuring effects of environmental pollution on crop species; analysis of genomic organization; effects of drought and climatic conditions on plants; studies of photosynthesis in ornamental plants, and more.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信