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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Potential Impacts of Trehalose on Easing
Salt-Induced Inhibition in Triticum
aestivum (L.) and Its Relevance for Managing
Salinity Stress at Reproductive Stage
1
School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong,
518055, China
2
Department of Genetics, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
3
Department of Zoology, University of Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
4
Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University,
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
5
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture Food Science, King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
6
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
7
State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of
Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
8
Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the
Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518020, China
Submission date: 2024-04-29
Final revision date: 2024-08-12
Acceptance date: 2024-09-04
Online publication date: 2024-10-25
Publication date: 2025-11-04
Abdul Waheed
Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518020, China
Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518020, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2025;34(6):7091-7102
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ABSTRACT
Soil salinity significantly hampers wheat production by adversely affecting growth attributes,
posing a challenge to food security and economic stability. This study investigates the impact of soil
salinity on wheat production, focusing on the mitigation of salinity stress through the application of
trehalose, a known osmoprotectant. We treated seven-day-old seedlings of various wheat genotypes
(Bhittai, Zamindar-04, DN-84, Zincol-16) with trehalose (10 and 50 mM) in the presence and absence
of NaCl (150 mM) for five days. Our findings indicate that under saline conditions, genotypes Bhittai
and Zamindar-04 exhibited the highest tolerance, showing longer shoot lengths and greater dry weight.
Conversely, DN-84 and Zincol-16 demonstrated lower tolerance with shorter root and shoot lengths. The application of trehalose significantly improved the fresh and dry weight of Zamindar-04 and
Bhittai. Zamindar-04 and Bhittai emerged as superior genotypes with Zamindar-04 having the least
POX activity, and Bhittai showcasing increased spikelets, reduced trehalose content, and high mean
productivity (MP) value. The study concludes that trehalose significantly mitigates the adverse effects
of soil salinity on wheat growth by enhancing stress tolerance in specific genotypes, notably Bhittai and
Zamindar-04. In conclusion, the application of trehalose offers a promising strategy to improve wheat
production under saline conditions, particularly for genotypes with higher inherent tolerance.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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