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Drought stress poses a significant threat to global cereal production and sustainable agriculture. In a laboratory evaluation, two wheat cultivars, Akbar 2019 and Anaj 2017, were treated with a combination of thiamine seed priming and soil inoculation using endophytic bacteria to counter drought conditions. Seed treatment with thiamine expedited germination, enabling Anaj 2017 seeds to germinate within sixteen hours and Akbar 2019 within one day. Cultivar Anaj 2017 maintained growth parameters under elevated drought levels, whereas Akbar 2019 proved susceptible. Across testing, the specific intervention designated as D-T3 substantially enhanced root fresh weight by 54 percent, shoot fresh weight by 85 percent, root dry weight by 69 percent, shoot dry weight by 67 percent, and total chlorophyll by 136 percent compared to untreated controls. Furthermore, harmful oxidative stress indicators, including malondialdehyde, electrolyte leakage, and hydrogen peroxide, decreased significantly under this treatment.
Drought stress severely limits wheat production, threatening food security as global populations expand and rainfall patterns become less predictable. Identifying practical interventions that enhance crop tolerance is critical. Combining seed priming with beneficial bacterial inoculation protects plant tissues, preserves chlorophyll levels, and sustains growth during dry periods, offering a potential agricultural management approach to maintain cereal yields under water scarcity.
This approach offers an intervention for wheat growers and agricultural input providers seeking to protect crop yields in drought-prone regions. Because findings are derived from a laboratory experiment, the intervention remains at an early, experimental stage. Field trials under realistic farming conditions are required to assess formulation stability, delivery methods, and cost efficiency before developing commercial seed-priming solutions or bacterial inoculants for wider adoption.
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On a global scale, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a widely cultivated crop among all cereals. Increasing pollution, population expansion, socio-economic development, ecological and industrial policies have induced changes in overall climatic attributes. The impact of these factors on agriculture dynamics has led to various biotic and abiotic stresses, i.e., significant decline in rainfall, directly affect sustainable agriculture. Increasing abiotic stresses have a direct negative effect on worldwide crop production. More promising and improved stress-tolerant strategies that can help to feed the increasing global population are required. A laboratory experiment was performed on two of the latest wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes (Akbar 2019 and Anaj 2017) from Punjab Pakistan, to determine the influence of seed priming with thiamine (vitamin B1) along with soil inoculation of Endophytic bacterial strains to mitigate the effects of drought stress at different degrees. Results revealed that thiamine helped in the remote germination; seeds of Anaj 2017 germinated within 16 hours while Akbar 2019 germinated after one day. Overall growth parameters of Anaj 2017 were negatively affected even under higher levels of drought stress, while Akbar 2019 proved to be a susceptible cultivar. A significant increase in RFW (54%), SFW (85%), RDW (69%), SDW (67%) and TChl (136%) validated the effectiveness of D-T3 compared to C-T0 in drought stress. Significant decrease in MDA, EL and H2O2 signified the imperative function of D-T3 over C-T0 under drought stress. In conclusion and recommendation, we declare that farmers can get better wheat growth under drought stress by application of D-T3 over C-T0.
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DOI: 10.3390/su13126582
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