Anjum SA, Wang LC, Farooq M, Hussain M, Xue LLC and Zou M. 2011. Brassinolide application improves the drought tolerance in maize through modulation of enzymatic antioxidants and leaf gas exchange. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science,
197: 177-185.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00459.x
Abd El-Mageed TA, Shaaban A, Abd El-Mageed SA, Semida WM and Rady MOA. 2021. Silicon defensive role in maize (Zea mays L.) against drought stress and metals-contaminated irrigation water. Silicon, 13: 2165–2176.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00690-0
Bitrián M, Zarza X, Altabella T, Antonio F and Alcázar R. 2012. Polyamines under abiotic stress: Metabolic crossroads and hormonal crosstalks in plants. Metabolites, 2: 516-528.
10.3390/metabo2030516
Delavar K, Ghanati F, Maivan H and Behmanesh M. 2019. Effects of silicon nutrition on the physiological parameters of maize. Plant Process and Function, 7: 45-58. (In Persian).
20.1001.1.23222727.1397.7.27.6.7
Desoky ESM, Mansour E, Ali MA, Yasin MAT, Abdul-Hamid ME, Rady MM and Ali EF. 2021. Exogenously used 24-epibrassinolide promotes drought tolerance in maize hybrids by improving plant and water productivity in an arid environment. Plants, 10: 354.
10.3390/plants10020354
Ghasemi A, Farzaneh S and Moharramnejad S. 2020. Impact of ascorbic acid on seed yield and its components in sweet corn (Zea mays L.) under drought stress. Journal of Plant Physiology and Breeding, 10: 41-49.
10.22034/JPPB.2020.12492
Ghasemi A, Farzaneh S, Moharramnejad S, Seyed Sharifi R, Fathy Youesf A, Telesinski A, Kalaji HM and Mojski J. 2022. Impact of 24-epibrassinolide, spermine, and silicon on plant growth, antioxidant defense systems, and osmolyte accumulation of maize under water stress. Scientific Reports, 12: 14648.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18229-1
Gong HJ and Chen KM. 2012. Effects of silicon on defense of wheat against oxidative stress under drought at different developmental stages. Biologia plantarum, 52: 592–596.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-008-0118-0
Kim YH, Khan AL, Waqas M and Lee, IJ. 2017. Silicon regulates antioxidant activities of crop plants under abiotic-induced oxidative stress, A review. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 1346.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00510
Moharramnejad S, Sofalian O, Valizadeh M, Asghari A, Shiri MR and Ashraf M. 2019. Response of maize to field drought stress: Oxidative defense system, osmolytes’ accumulation and photosynthetic pigments. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 51: 799–807.
10.30848/PJB2019-3(1)
Moohamadi Behmadi M and Armin M. 2017. Effect of drought stress on yield and yield components of different corn cultivars in delayed planting conditions. Applied Research of Plant Ecophysiology, 4: 17-34. (In Persian).
http://arpe.gonbad.ac.ir/article-1-243-en.html
Ning D, Qin A, Liu Z, Duan A, Xiao J, Zhang J, Liu Z, Zhao B and Liu Z. 2020. Silicon-mediated physiological and agronomic responses of maize to drought stress imposed at the vegetative and reproductive stages. Agronomy, 10: 1136.
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10081136
Pakdel H, Hassani SB, Ghotbi-Ravandi AA and Bernard F. 2020. Contrasting the expression pattern change of polyamine oxidase genes and photosynthetic efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes under drought stress. Journal of Biosciences, 45: 73.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-020-00044-3
Parveen A, Liu W, Hussain S, Asghar J, Perveen S and Xiong S. 2019. Silicon priming regulates morpho-physiological growth and oxidative metabolism in maize under drought stress. Plants, 8: 431.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100431
Rattan A, Kapoor D, Kapoor N, Bhardwaj R and Sharma A. 2020. Brassinosteroids regulate functional components of antioxidative defense system in drought stressed maize seedlings. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 39: 1465–1475.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-020-10097-1
Sathe AP, Paserkar NG, Thakre MB and Gaikwad SM. 2015. Engineering polyamines for abiotic stress tolerance. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 5: 20-25.
Talaat NB. 2020. 24–Epibrassinolide and Spermine combined treatment sustains maize (
Zea mays L.) drought tolerance by improving photosynthetic efficiency and altering phytohormones profile. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
, 20: 516–529.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-019-00138-4
Talaat NB and Shawky BT. 2016. Dual application of 24-epibrassinolide and spermine confers drought
stress tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.) by modulating polyamine and protein metabolism. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 35: 518–533.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-015-9557-y
Talaat NB, Shawky BT and Ibrahim AS. 2015. Alleviation of drought-induced oxidative stress in maize (Zea mays L.) plants by dual application of 24-epibrassinolide and spermine. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 113: 47–58.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2015.01.006