Cannabis sativa; agriculture; crop protection; hybrid silicon nanoparticles; nanobiostimulants; salinity; Antioxidants; Silicon; Plant Leaves; Cannabis; Salinity; Bioactive compounds; Biotic stressors; Scavenge reactive oxygen species; Silicon nanoparticles; Silicon particles; Stress response; Materials Science (all); Engineering (all); Physics and Astronomy (all); General Physics and Astronomy; General Engineering; General Materials Science
Abstract :
[en] Global warming and sea level rise are serious threats to agriculture. The negative effects caused by severe salinity include discoloration and reduced surface of the leaves, as well as wilting due to an impaired uptake of water from the soil by roots. Nanotechnology is emerging as a valuable ally in agriculture: several studies have indeed already proven the role of silicon nanoparticles in ameliorating the conditions of plants subjected to (a) biotic stressors. Here, we introduce the concept of phyto-courier: hydrolyzable nanoparticles of porous silicon, stabilized with the nonreducing saccharide trehalose and containing different combinations of lipids and/or amino acids, were used as vehicle for the delivery of the bioactive compound quercetin to the leaves of salt-stressed hemp (Cannabis sativa L., Santhica 27). Hemp was used as a representative model of an economically important crop with multiple uses. Quercetin is an antioxidant known to scavenge reactive oxygen species in cells. Four different silicon-based formulations were administered via spraying in order to investigate their ability to improve the plant's stress response, thereby acting as nano-biostimulants. We show that two formulations proved to be effective at decreasing stress symptoms by modulating the amount of soluble sugars and the expression of genes that are markers of stress-response in hemp. The study proves the suitability of the phyto-courier technology for agricultural applications aimed at crop protection.
Guerriero, Gea ; Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg
Sutera, Flavia Maria; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Torabi-Pour, Nissim; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Renaut, Jenny; Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, L-4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
Hausman, Jean-Francois; Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg
Berni, Roberto ; Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Echanges Eau - Sol - Plantes
Pennington, Holly Cherise; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Welsh, Michael; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Dehsorkhi, Ashkan; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Zancan, Lali Ronsoni; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Saffie-Siebert, Suzanne; SiSaf Ltd., Surrey Research Park, Guildford GU2 7RE, United Kingdom
Language :
English
Title :
Phyto-Courier, a Silicon Particle-Based Nano-biostimulant: Evidence from Cannabis sativa Exposed to Salinity.
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