Aspergillus foetidus Regulated the Biochemical Characteristics of Soybean and Sunflower under Heat Stress Condition: Role in Sustainability

Ismail, Muhammad Hamayun, Anwar Hussain, Amjad Iqbal, Sumera Afzal Khan, Ayaz Ahmad, Sarah Gul, Ho-Youn Kim and In-Jung Lee
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Ismail: Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Muhammad Hamayun: Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Anwar Hussain: Department of Botany, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Amjad Iqbal: Department of Food Science & Technology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Sumera Afzal Khan: Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
Ayaz Ahmad: Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
Sarah Gul: Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Basic and Applied Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad 1243, Pakistan
Ho-Youn Kim: Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Gangwon 25451, Korea
In-Jung Lee: Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-15

Abstract: Plants are susceptible to various environmental constrains, including heat stress due to their sessile nature. Endophytic fungi can be used as a novel technique to protect crop plants against the injurious effects of thermal stress. Endophytic fungi were isolated from Adiantum capillus-veneris L. and tested against heat stress in Glycine max L. and Helianthus annuus L. The results exhibited increased levels of the plant’s chlorophyll, height and biomass in Aspergillus foetidus (AdR-13) inoculated host crop species. Conversely, a significant decrease in lipid peroxidation and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was noted in A. foetidus -associated host crop species. Likewise, the amounts of ROS-degrading antioxidants (glutathione reductase (GR), peroxidase (POD), ascorbic acid oxidase (AAO), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT)) as well as phenolics were increased, while the amounts of proline and abscisic acid (ABA) were decreased in fungal-associated test crops. Total lipids, proteins and sugars were noted to be high in A. foetidus -associated test crops. From the results, we concluded that A. foetidus have a role in heat stress mitigation that might help to sustain the production of important crops in the future.

Keywords: endophytic fungi; A. foetidus; Adiantum capillus-veneris L.; heat stress; antioxidants; ROS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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