Computational Metabolomics Tools Reveal Metabolic Reconfigurations Underlying the Effects of Biostimulant Seaweed Extracts on Maize Plants under Drought Stress Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses causing severe damage and losses in economically important crops worldwide. Drought decreases the plant water status, leading to a disruptive metabolic reprogramming that negatively affects plant growth and yield. Seaweed extract-based biostimulants show potential as a sustainable strategy for improved crop health and stress resilience. However, cellular, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms governing the agronomically observed benefits of the seaweed extracts on plants are still poorly understood. In this study, a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based untargeted metabolomics approach combined with computational metabolomics strategies was applied to unravel the molecular 'stamps' that define the effects of seaweed extracts on greenhous

SUBMITTER: Tinte MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231236 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature