IJEP 44(8): 695-704 : Vol. 44 Issue. 8 (August 2024)
Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies, Old Pallavaram, Chennai – 600 117, Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract
Biostimulant is an emerging method to manage crops to increase productivity in a controlled environment. The phytochemicals present in Terminalia chebula dried fruit ethanol extract, tested for its biostimulant ability, were studied in detail because of its less impact on environment than synthetic compounds. The phytochemicals present in ethanol extract (EE) were identified and quantified with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The pot culture technique was conducted in order to evaluate ethanol extract that mediates growth in tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum). This study was divided into two phases: vegetative and reproductive and included control sample, which received only water. EE 0.05 mg/mL, EE 0.1 mg/mL and EE 0.2 mg/mL treated plants showed an increase in root length, shoot length, number of secondary roots, plant height, total biomass, plant content, metabolites, secondary metabolites and enzyme activity. Our findings suggest that optimized growth, metabolism and antioxidant defence system can be obtained with 0.1 mg/mL of ethanol extract. The effect of these compounds on consumption and the impact on the environment were studied with computational chemistry and bioinformatics.
Keywords
Pot culture technique, Docking, Phytochemical, GCMS, Terminalia chebula, Lycopersicum esculentum, Biostimulant
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