Tomato response to metal nanoparticles introduction into the nutrient medium

IET Nanobiotechnology
Yu ChenNatalya N Glushchenko

Abstract

This study is aimed to explore the capacity of metal nanoparticles (NPs) iron, zinc, copper and their combinations introduced in the Murashige-Skoog (MS) nutrient medium (NM) to affect the growth and development of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.). NPs were prepared by a flow-levitation method. Metal NPs were characterised by transmission and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray phase analysis. Average NPs diameters were: iron - 27.0 nm, zinc - 54.0 nm, copper - 79.0 nm. MS NM was modified by substitution of common metal sulphates by neutral metal NPs instead of salts. Tomato seedlings cultivation on NM MS with NPs instead of salts assures improved seedling parameters (root length and root activity) in comparison with plants grown on standard MS. Venice cultivar tomato seedlings grown on NM with metal NPs demonstrated an increase in: seed germination by 10-180%, root length by 10-20%, and root activity by 10 -125%. After 45 days of cultivation, tomato seedlings were transplanted in a greenhouse and were grown up to the harvest. Effects in seed germination and increase of crop mass depended on metal nature and NPs concentration.

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