Eco-Friendly Synthesis Of A Zno/Cuo Nano-Composite Mitigates Water Stress In Pisum Sativum By Promoting Antioxidative Defense Systems

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt

2 Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, 11884 Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt

3 Packaging Materials, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

4 Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University

Abstract

Water scarcity is a significant environmental stressor that adversely affects plant development. This research examines the beneficial role of ZnO/CuO nano-composites in alleviating the adverse impacts of water scarcity on improving pea plants. The foliar spraying of ZnO/CuO nano-composite solutions (25 and 50 ppm) enhanced the growth parameters of pea plants cultivated under both optimal circumstances (100% available water) and water stress circumstances (80 and 60% water available). Plants subjected to ZnO/CuO nano-composites (50 ppm) exhibited elevated concentrations of significant osmolytes, including proline, phenol, flavonoid, and tocopherol. They preserved their photosynthetic pigments more effectively than others applied under both stress and non-stress circumstances. Moreover, the external foliar spray of ZnO/CuO nano-composites decreased the levels of OH, H2O2, O2, and lipid peroxidation in pea plants exposed to water deficiency. The treatments enhanced the results, illustrating the advantageous effects of ZnO/CuO nano-composites, at a concentration of 50 ppm in mitigating the detrimental effects of soil water deficiency stress in pea plants.

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Volume 68, Issue 13 - Serial Number 13
(In Loving Memory of Late Professor Doctor”Zeinab M. Nofal” In progress
December 2025
Pages 953-968

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  • Receive Date: 16 April 2025
  • Revise Date: 27 May 2025
  • Accept Date: 17 June 2025

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