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ArticleScientific reports2025

Zinc oxide seed priming enhances drought tolerance in wheat seedlings by improving antioxidant activity and osmoprotection.

Rasha M El-Shazoly, A A Othman, Muhammad Saqlain Zaheer, Ahmed F Al-Hossainy, Dalia A Abdel-Wahab

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 authors.

Rasha M El-ShazolyBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharja, New Valley, 72511, Egypt. dr.rasha_elshazly@sci.nvu.edu.eg.
A A OthmanPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt.
Muhammad Saqlain ZaheerDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan.
Ahmed F Al-HossainyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Wadi Al-Gadid, Al-Kharga, 72511, Egypt.
Dalia A Abdel-WahabBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Al-Kharja, New Valley, 72511, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drought can affect all growth stages and has a significant effect on seed germination, which affects all physiological and metabolic germination processes. It also leads to dehydration, which increases the oxidation of lipids and membranes and disrupts the functioning of biomolecules in plants. Zinc is an essential element for several enzymes involved in metabolism, cell elongation, preservation of the strength and integrity of cell membranes, seed development, and resistance to environmental stress. A pot experiment was conducted to determine how ZnO seed priming, either in the form of ZnO NPs (nanopriming) or ZnO bulk priming (60 mg L

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AntioxidantsDroughtsSeedlingsSeedsTriticumZinc OxideDrought ResistanceGerminationPlant RootsStress, PhysiologicalAntioxidantsZinc OxideAntioxidant systemDrought stressFree radical scavenging abilitiesNanoprimingTD-DFT calculationsTriticum aestivumZnO bulkZnO NPs

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PMID39890839
PMCPMC11785979

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