The Effect of Incorporated Aloe veraExtracts onto Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework on Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Behavior of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoaWilld.) Genotype Under Saline Conditions

This study looks into the unconventional employment of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in agriculture. The zeolite imidazole (ZIF-8) framework was produced at room temperature before being doped with MgO. An in situ technique is used to incorporate aloe extracts, which have the strongest radical removal activity and MgO into ZIF-8. The effect of the prepared compound on the plant growth traits, yield, biochemical constituents, and molecular behavior of quinoa under saline conditions was studied. The results confirmed that water aloe-extract@ZIF-8 was more effective against the Chipaya genotype than MgO@ZIF-8 was against the line 14 genotype. MgO@ZIF-8 shows a 3.4 times increase in fresh weight of line 14 genotype but water aloe-extract@ZIF-8 shows a 5.8 times increase in Chipaya fresh weight compared to control plant weight. In addition to studying the chlorophyll content and the activities of enzymes, DNA inter-sequence repeats (ISSR) were investigated. According to the findings, the enrichment of the aloe-extracts@ZIF-8 component shows no noticeable changes in DNA. This strongly suggests that aloe-extracts@ZIF-8 can be used in agriculture, with further applications needed to verify its safety and ensure that it poses no risk to human health or the environment. The results will help in investigating the role of MOFs and aloe extracts in plants, thus encouraging the production and implementation of commercial MOF products which save effort and resources in the agricultural sector.