Glutathione-gold nanoclusters enhance sweet potato thermotolerance through improved photosynthesis, redox homeostasis, and cellular integrity
These findings highlight GSH-Au NCs (2 mg L<sup>- 1</sup>) as a sustainable, cost-effective, eco-friendly nanobiotechnological strategy for mitigating heat stress in sweet potato and promoting climate-resilient horticulture, advancing beyond prior studies on individual GSH or Au nanomaterials by demonstrating the synergetic effects of their combined nanocluster form for the first time in plant species.
Authors
- Sunjeet Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-9093)
- Mengzhao Wang
- Jingjing Kou
- Rui Yu
- Gurmendar
- Guopeng Zhu
- Muhammad Abbas Khan
- Muhammad Ikram
Institutions
- Hainan University (CN)
- Sanya University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Plant Biology
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-026-08417-w
- Primary Topic
- Potato Plant Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00