Induction of Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L.) due to Exogenous Application of Trehalose: Growth, Photosynthesis, Water Relations and Oxidative Defence Mechanism

By Q. Ali, M. Ashraf. 2011

293 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science

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In Agronomy and Crop Science

1. Kamrun Nahar
2. Urs Schmidhalter
3. M. Fujita
4. M. Hasanuzzaman
5. Ş. Kuşvuran

In Plant Science

1. Kamrun Nahar
2. M. Hasanuzzaman
3. Mahabub Alam
4. M. Fujita
5. Xiaopeng Sun
6. Urs Schmidhalter
7. M. Abdelhamid
8. Mingqiu Dai

Citations in the corpus

• Improving crop drought resistance with plant growth regulators and rhizobacteria: Mechanisms, applications, and perspectives (2021, background): “Exogenous trehalose treatment has also been reported to effectively improve photosynthetic efficiency and water usage in maize, promote the growth and yield of sunflower, and activate the antioxidant defense system of crops (Ali and Ashraf, 2011; Kosar et al., 2020).”
• Effects of drought and salt stresses on growth, stomatal conductance, leaf water and osmotic potentials of melon genotypes (Cucumis melo L.) (2012, background): “Maintenance of plant water status is a fundamental phenomenon for the maintenance of normal growth of plants under stressful environment (Ali and Ashraf, 2011).”
• The changes induced in the physiological, biochemical and anatomical characteristics of Vicia faba by the exogenous application of proline under seawater stress (2014, background): “The important anti-oxidant enzymes include peroxidase (POD), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) (Ashraf, 2010; Ali and Ashraf, 2011).”
• Trehalose-induced drought stress tolerance: a comparative study among different Brassica species. (2014, background): “The SOD activity was increased by exogenous Tre addition in Cd stress, salt stress in previous studies those prove the roles of exogenous Tre in modulating SOD activity under abiotic stress conditions (Ali and Ashraf 2011; Duman et al., 2011; Nounjan et al., 2012; Nounjan and Theerakulpisut 2012).”