Silicon seed inoculation enhances antioxidants, physiology and yield of hybrid maize under heat stress

Abstract Background Heat stress, next to drought, is one of the major constraints to maize crop growth, development and sustainable yield in the tropics and sub-tropics, particularly in arid and semi-arid climatic regions. Hence, there is a dire need to explore strategies that alleviate adverse effe...

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Main Authors: Sajid Munawar, Rao Muhammad Ikram, Reimund P. Roetter, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Afzal, Abdel-Halim Ghazy, Saeed Ahmad, Muhammad Habib-ur-Rahman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-04-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-06399-9
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