Phytotoxic responses of wheat to an imidazolium based ionic liquid in absence and presence of biochar

Taza Gul; Muhammad Mudasar Aslam; Amir Sada Khan; Tahir Iqbal; Faizan Ullah; Gaber E Eldesoky; Ahmed Muteb Aljuwayid; Muhammad Saeed Akhtar

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138080

Phytotoxic responses of wheat to an imidazolium based ionic liquid in absence and presence of biochar

Chemosphere. 2023 May:322:138080. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138080. Epub 2023 Feb 11.

Authors

Taza Gul¹, Muhammad Mudasar Aslam², Amir Sada Khan³, Tahir Iqbal¹, Faizan Ullah¹, Gaber E Eldesoky⁴, Ahmed Muteb Aljuwayid⁴, Muhammad Saeed Akhtar⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Pakistan.
² Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Pakistan. Electronic address: mudasaraslam@ustb.edu.pk.
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology Bannu, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, South Korea. Electronic address: msakhtar@yu.ac.kr.

PMID: 36781001
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138080

Abstract

Research on ionic liquids (ILs) and biochars (BCs) is a novel site of scientific interest. An experiment was designed to assess the effect of 1-propanenitrile imidazolium trifluoro methane sulfonate ([C₂NIM][CF₃SO₃]) ionic liquid (IL) and IL-BC combination on the wheat plant. Three working standards of the IL; 50, 250, 500 and 1000 mg/L, prepared in deionized water, were tested in the absence and presence of BC on wheat seedling. Results indicated significant decrease ‏in seed germination (%), length, fresh weight, chlorophyll a, b and carotenoid contents of wheat ‏seedlings at 250, 500 and ‏1000 mg/L of the ‏IL. An admirable increase in phenolic and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) contents of wheat seedlings was noted at 250, 500 and ‏1000 mg/L of the IL. The application of BC significantly ‏ameliorated the negative effects of IL on the selected parameters of ‏wheat. It is inferred that the undesirable effects of the IL on wheat growth can be positively restored by addition of BC.

Keywords: Biochar; DPPH contents; Ionic liquids; Phenolic; Stress; Wheat plant.

MeSH terms

Chlorophyll A
Ionic Liquids* / chemistry
Seedlings
Triticum

Substances

Ionic Liquids
Chlorophyll A
biochar