An In Vitro and In Silico Perspective Study of Seed Priming with Zinc on the Phytotoxicity and Accumulation Pattern of Arsenic in Rice Seedlings.

ABSTRACT: Arsenic (As) contamination of the rice agro-ecosystem is a major concern for rice farmers of South East Asia as it imposes a serious threat to human and animal life; thus, there is an unrelenting need to explore the ways by which arsenic stress mitigation could be achieved. In the present investigation, we explore the effect of zinc (Zn²⁺) supplementation using the seed priming technique for the mitigation of As-induced stress responses in developing rice seedlings. In addition to the physiological and biochemical attributes, we also studied the interactive effect of Zn²⁺ in regulating As-induced changes by targeting antioxidant enzymes using a computational approach. Our findings suggest that Zn²⁺ and As can effectively modulate redox homeostasis by limiti

SUBMITTER: Choudhury S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9405154 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature