Effects of the Morphology, Surface Modification and Application Methods of ZnO-NPs on the Growth and Biomass of Tomato Plants

Autor: Saúl Sánchez Valdés, Rebeca Betancourt Galindo, Samuel A Lozano Morales, Luis Alonso Valdez Aguilar, Bertha Alicia Puente Urbina, José Antonio González Fuentes, Eneida A Pérez Velasco
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0106 biological sciences
greenhouse crops
Surface Properties
Metal Nanoparticles
maltodextrin
Pharmaceutical Science
Biomass
chemistry.chemical_element
02 engineering and technology
Zinc
engineering.material
Plant Roots
01 natural sciences
Article
Analytical Chemistry
lcsh:QD241-441
chemistry.chemical_compound
Solanum lycopersicum
lcsh:Organic chemistry
Dry weight
Drug Discovery
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Fertilizers
plant biomass
biology
fungi
Organic Chemistry
food and beverages
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
biology.organism_classification
Maltodextrin
Plant Leaves
Horticulture
chemistry
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Germination
engineering
Molecular Medicine
Surface modification
Fertilizer
Zinc Oxide
Solanum
0210 nano-technology
surface modification
010606 plant biology & botany
Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 25, Iss 6, p 1282 (2020)
Molecules
Volume 25
Issue 6
ISSN: 1420-3049
Popis: Benefits of nanotechnology in agriculture include reduced fertilizer loss, improved seed germination rate and increased crops quality and yield. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs), at 1500 ppm, on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) growth. ZnO-NPs were synthetized to produce either spherical or hexagonal morphologies. In this research, we also studied two application methods (foliar and drench) and nanoparticles&rsquo
(NPs) surface modification with maltodextrin. The results obtained indicate that ZnO-NP-treated tomato plants significantly increased plant height, stem diameter and plant organs (leaves, stem and root) dry weight compared to plants without NP treatment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE