Abstract:
Combating pests that cause more than 50% of annual food production to disappear has become
increasingly important. Pesticides used against agricultural pests play an essential role in
increasing the yield. However, pesticides lead to various problems such as deterioration of
ecological balance, contamination of nutrients, and increase of environmental pollution
depending on the frequency of use. These substances, which have a genotoxic effect, can
irreversibly change the structure or gene expression of DNA. Different plant extracts have been
used in different organisms to determine the protective effects of natural antioxidants to reduce
or prevent the effect of toxins. In our study, the protective effect of zingerone against the
genotoxic effect caused by the 2,4-D isooctylester herbicide was investigated in Sönmez-2001,
Köprü and Altay-2000 wheat types. For this, 14-3-3 defense protein gene expression analysis
were performed. Our study results have revealed that 2,4-D isooctylester herbicide causes the
least stress in Sönmez-2001 and the most in Altay-2000 type. From the data obtained from our
study, it has been determined that zingerone has a protective effect against herbicide stress |
