Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions
Abstract Climate changes and the rapid expanding human population have become critical concerns for global food security. One of the promising solutions is the employment of plant growth regulators (PGRs) for increasing crop yield and overcoming adverse growth conditions, such as desert climate. Rec...
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| author | Jian You Wang Muhammad Jamil Turki S. AlOtaibi Mohamed E. Abdelaziz Tsuyoshi Ota Omer H. Ibrahim Lamis Berqdar Tadao Asami Magdi Ali Ahmed Mousa Salim Al-Babili |
| author_facet | Jian You Wang Muhammad Jamil Turki S. AlOtaibi Mohamed E. Abdelaziz Tsuyoshi Ota Omer H. Ibrahim Lamis Berqdar Tadao Asami Magdi Ali Ahmed Mousa Salim Al-Babili |
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| description | Abstract Climate changes and the rapid expanding human population have become critical concerns for global food security. One of the promising solutions is the employment of plant growth regulators (PGRs) for increasing crop yield and overcoming adverse growth conditions, such as desert climate. Recently, the apocarotenoid zaxinone and its two mimics (MiZax3 and MiZax5) have shown a promising growth-promoting activity in cereals and vegetable crops under greenhouse and field conditions. Herein, we further investigated the effect of MiZax3 and MiZax5, at different concentrations (5 and 10 µM in 2021; 2.5 and 5 µM in 2022), on the growth and yield of the two valuable vegetable crops, potato and strawberry, in the Kingdom of Saudi of Arabia. Application of both MiZax significantly increased plant agronomic traits, yield components and total yield, in five independent field trials from 2021 to 2022. Remarkably, the amount of applied MiZax was far less than humic acid, a widely applied commercial compound used here for comparison. Hence, our results indicate that MiZax are very promising PGRs that can be applied to promote the growth and yield of vegetable crops even under desert conditions and at relatively low concentrations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa9ed6781504477e9c1ccc794241b9ef2023-11-26T12:57:17ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-10-0113111210.1038/s41598-023-42478-3Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditionsJian You Wang0Muhammad Jamil1Turki S. AlOtaibi2Mohamed E. Abdelaziz3Tsuyoshi Ota4Omer H. Ibrahim5Lamis Berqdar6Tadao Asami7Magdi Ali Ahmed Mousa8Salim Al-Babili9The BioActives Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)The BioActives Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU)Department of Vegetable Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityApplied Biological Chemistry, The University of TokyoDepartment of Agriculture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU)The BioActives Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of TokyoDepartment of Agriculture, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU)The BioActives Lab, Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Abstract Climate changes and the rapid expanding human population have become critical concerns for global food security. One of the promising solutions is the employment of plant growth regulators (PGRs) for increasing crop yield and overcoming adverse growth conditions, such as desert climate. Recently, the apocarotenoid zaxinone and its two mimics (MiZax3 and MiZax5) have shown a promising growth-promoting activity in cereals and vegetable crops under greenhouse and field conditions. Herein, we further investigated the effect of MiZax3 and MiZax5, at different concentrations (5 and 10 µM in 2021; 2.5 and 5 µM in 2022), on the growth and yield of the two valuable vegetable crops, potato and strawberry, in the Kingdom of Saudi of Arabia. Application of both MiZax significantly increased plant agronomic traits, yield components and total yield, in five independent field trials from 2021 to 2022. Remarkably, the amount of applied MiZax was far less than humic acid, a widely applied commercial compound used here for comparison. Hence, our results indicate that MiZax are very promising PGRs that can be applied to promote the growth and yield of vegetable crops even under desert conditions and at relatively low concentrations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42478-3 |
| spellingShingle | Jian You Wang Muhammad Jamil Turki S. AlOtaibi Mohamed E. Abdelaziz Tsuyoshi Ota Omer H. Ibrahim Lamis Berqdar Tadao Asami Magdi Ali Ahmed Mousa Salim Al-Babili Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions Scientific Reports |
| title | Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| title_full | Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| title_fullStr | Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| title_short | Zaxinone mimics (MiZax) efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| title_sort | zaxinone mimics mizax efficiently promote growth and production of potato and strawberry plants under desert climate conditions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42478-3 |
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