Effect of Wheat Crop Nitrogen Fertilization Schedule on the Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity of Sprouts and Wheatgrass Obtained from Offspring Grains.

ABSTRACT: This work was aimed at investigating the effects of rate and timing of nitrogen fertilization applied to a maternal wheat crop on phytochemical content and antioxidant activity of edible sprouts and wheatgrass obtained from offspring grains. We hypothesized that imbalance in N nutrition experienced by the mother plants translates into transgenerational responses on seedlings obtained from the offspring seeds. To this purpose, we sprouted grains of two bread wheat cultivars (Bologna and Bora) grown in the field under four N fertilization schedules: constantly well N fed with a total of 300 kg N ha^-1; N fed only very early, i.e., one month after sowing, with 60 kg N ha^-1; N fed only late, i.e., at initial shoot elongation, with 120 kg N ha^-1; and unfertilized

SUBMITTER: Falcinelli B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370410 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature