ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2021
ZnO nanoparticle-based seed priming modulates early growth and enhances physio-biochemical and metabolic profiles of fragrant rice against cadmium toxicity.
Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 178 citations in OpenAlex.
- Insights into Salinity Stress-Induced Morpho-Physiological and Molecular Responses and Nanoparticle- and Nanobiochar-Mediated Tolerance Mechanisms During Seed Germination.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Seed priming with melatonin enhances salt stress tolerance in triticale through coordinated regulation of antioxidant defense, osmotic homeostasis, and phytohormone signaling.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- MsmiR171 targetsHorticulture research · 2026Article
- Zinc biofortification and yield enhancement in rice with nano- primed seeds and foliar sprays.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Morphophysiological attributes of AMF inoculated tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) ameliorated by resorcinol, biochar and nanobiochar.Discover nano · 2025Article
- Exogenous Sucrose Improves the Vigor of Aged Safflower Seeds by Mediating Fatty Acid Metabolism and Glycometabolism.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Integrative Transcriptome and Metabolome Analysis Identifies Potential Pathways Associated with Cadmium Tolerance in Two Maize Inbred Lines.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Species-specific modulation of nitro-oxidative stress and root growth in monocots by silica nanoparticle pretreatment under copper oxide nanoparticle stress.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Nanopriming with zinc oxide: a novel approach to enhance germination and antioxidant systems in amaranth.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Correlative X-ray imaging to reveal the dissolution of nanoparticles and nutrient transport in plant foliar fertilization.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Article
- An Overview of the Mechanisms through Which Plants Regulate ROS Homeostasis under Cadmium Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Exogenous metabolite application is a potential strategy for expanding the use of direct rice seeding with the aim of reducing seeding costs.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Carbon Nanodot-Microbe-Plant Nexus in Agroecosystem and Antimicrobial Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- An exploration of the influence of ZnO NPs treatment on germination of radish seeds under salt stress based on the YOLOv8-R lightweight model.Plant methods · 2024Article
- Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to Mitigate Cadmium Toxicity: Mechanisms and Future Prospects.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Assessment of Various Nanoprimings for Boosting Pea Germination and Early Growth in Both Optimal and Drought-Stressed Environments.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nano-enabled agrochemicals: mitigating heavy metal toxicity and enhancing crop adaptability for sustainable crop production.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2024Review
- Nano-Priming for Inducing Salinity Tolerance, Disease Resistance, Yield Attributes, and Alleviating Heavy Metal Toxicity in Plants.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Zinc oxide nanoparticles application alleviates salinity stress by modulating plant growth, biochemical attributes and nutrient homeostasis inFrontiers in plant science · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundCadmium (Cd) is amongst the most toxic heavy metals that severely affects crop growth, whereas application of nanoparticles (NPs) to negate the toxic effects of heavy metals could be an effective management approach. In the present study, the seeds of two fragrant rice varieties i.e., Yuxiangyouzhan and Xiangyaxiangzhan under normal and Cd stress conditions i.e., 0 and 100 mg L
resultsSeed priming with ZnO NPs had no significant effect on the seed germination (p > 0.05) however, it substantially improved the seedling growth and other related physiological attributes under the Cd stress. The mean fresh weight of the shoot, and whole seedling was increased by 16.92-27.88% and by 16.92-27.88% after ZnO NPs application. The root fresh weight, root-shoot length was also substantially improved under ZnO NPs treatment. Moreover, application of ZnO NPs induced modulations in physiological and biochemical attributes e.g., the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in root and shoot, the peroxidase (POD) activity and metallothionein contents in root were increased under low levels of ZnO NPs. The α-amylase and total amylase activity were improved by ZnO NPs application under Cd Stress. Besides, modulation in Zn concentration and ZnO NPs uptake in the seedling were detected. The metabolomic analysis indicated that various pathways such as alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and taurine and hypotaurine metabolism were possibly important for rice response to ZnO NPs and Cd.
conclusionOverall, application of ZnO NPs substantially improved the early growth and related physio-biochemical attributes in rice. Our findings provide new insights regarding the effects of ZnO NPs on seed germination, and early growth of rice, and its potential applications in developing crop resilience against Cd contaminated soils.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.