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ArticleEnvironmental monitoring and assessment2019

Responses of morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings to atrazine stress.

Shagufta Bibi, Sarzamin Khan, Nadia Taimur, Muhammad K Daud, Azizullah Azizullah

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Shagufta BibiDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Pakistan.
Sarzamin KhanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Swabi, Anbar, Pakistan.
Nadia TaimurDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Pakistan.
Muhammad K DaudDepartment of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Pakistan.
Azizullah AzizullahDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Pakistan. azizswabi@hotmail.com.

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Higher Education Commission, Pakistan SRGP
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Abstract

Atrazine is a synthetic herbicide applied to control broadleaf weeds in different crops. In many parts of the world, atrazine is mainly applied for controlling weeds in maize fields. However, studies on the possible adverse effects of atrazine on maize crop can hardly be found in literature. The present study was therefore conducted to evaluate the effect of atrazine on different characteristics of maize seedlings including germination, growth, chlorophyll contents, soluble sugars, proteins and proline levels, ions accumulation, cell viability, and cell injury. In addition, the effects of atrazine on reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and antioxidant enzymes activities in maize seedlings were estimated. It was found that at high concentration, atrazine slightly but significantly inhibited seed germination and growth of maize seedlings. Light-harvesting pigments (chlorophylls a and b, and total carotenoids) exhibited a higher sensitivity to atrazine and were negatively impacted by atrazine at doses above 50 ppm. Atrazine caused an increase in soluble sugars at all tested doses and decrease in soluble proteins at the highest tested dose. Exposure of maize seedlings to atrazine resulted in an increased cell injury and decreased cell viability. Atrazine did not affect the concentration of Na

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Stress, PhysiologicalAntioxidantsAtrazineCarotenoidsCatalaseChlorophyllGerminationHerbicidesHydrogen PeroxideOxidative StressPeroxidaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesSeedlingsSuperoxide DismutaseZea maysAntioxidantsAtrazineCarotenoidsCatalaseChlorophyllHerbicidesHydrogen PeroxidePeroxidaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesSuperoxide DismutaseAntioxidantsAtrazineChlorophyllGrowthIonsMaizePhytotoxicity

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