Rapid green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from blue gum augment growth and performance of maize, fenugreek, and onion by modulating plants cellular antioxidant machinery and genes expression

Nanotechnology applications are increasingly utilized to improve crops. Besides their use as antifungal and antimicrobial agents, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are currently exploited to improve seed germination, plant development, and photosynthetic efficiency. In the current study, we evaluated the...

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Published in:Acta physiologiae plantarum 2020-09, Vol.42 (9), Article 148
Main Authors: Soliman, Mona, Qari, Sameer H., Abu-Elsaoud, Abdelghafar, El-Esawi, Mohamed, Alhaithloul, Haifa, Elkelish, Amr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Antibacterial activity
Antimicrobial agents
Antioxidants
Ascorbic acid
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Catalase
Crops
Cytotoxicity
Enzymatic activity
Enzymes
Eucalyptus
Fenugreek
Fourier transforms
Fungicides
Gene expression
Germination
Globules
Glutathione
Industrial plants
Infrared analysis
Infrared spectra
L-Ascorbate peroxidase
Life Sciences
Machinery
Malondialdehyde
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
Original Article
Oxidative stress
Peroxidase
Photosynthesis
Plant Anatomy/Development
Plant Biochemistry
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Pathology
Plant Physiology
Scanning electron microscopy
Seed germination
Seedlings
Seeds
Silver
Toxicity testing
Trigonella foenum-graecum
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Summary:Nanotechnology applications are increasingly utilized to improve crops. Besides their use as antifungal and antimicrobial agents, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are currently exploited to improve seed germination, plant development, and photosynthetic efficiency. In the current study, we evaluated the effect of biosynthesized AgNPs in the seedlings of Zea mays L., Trigonella foenum - graecum L., and Allium cepa L. AgNPs were biosynthesized in the blue gum ( Eucalyptus globules ) leaves and characterized by UV–Visible spectra, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), and Scanning Electron Microscopic analyses. The biosafety of the AgNPs was tested by cytotoxicity assay, antibacterial activity, and determination of MIC and MBC. The effects of biogenic AgNPs application at different concentrations (25, 50, 75 
ISSN:0137-5881
1861-1664
DOI:10.1007/s11738-020-03131-y