Claim · model-written summary
Application of both NPs increased seed yield by 51.7–52.2%.
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Treatment
- application of both NPse2
- Outcome
- seed yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Value
- 51.7–52.2%e2
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Verbatim
t0“Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Seed”
e2“The application of both NPs increased seed yield (51.7–52.2%), total chlorophyll content (15.9–17.3%) and concentration of Zn and Fe in the fruit and the seed, by 2.0–58.5% and 5.0–30.5%, respectively”
Title
Nakul Gupta; Sudhir Jain; Bhoopal Tomar; et al. Plants 2022. doi:10.3390/plants11233211
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Nanoparticle sprays had greater efficacy in an open field than in a protected environment.
- Intervention effect Application of both NPs increased total chlorophyll content by 15.9–17.3%.
- Intervention effect Application of both NPs increased Zn concentration in the fruit and seed by 2.0–58.5%.
- Intervention effect Application of both NPs increased Fe concentration in the fruit and seed by 5.0–30.5%.
- Intervention effect NP-treated plants had significantly higher starch, soluble protein and soluble sugar content in seeds.
- Intervention effect NP-treated plants had significantly higher oil content in seeds.
- Intervention effect NP treatment enhanced percent germination by 16.8–17.0%.
- Intervention effect NP treatment enhanced rate of germination by 18.0–22.2%.
- Intervention effect NP treatment enhanced seedling vigor by 59.8–72.6%.
- Observation Seed water uptake and activity of hydrolytic enzymes (amylase and protease) improved significantly in germinating seed.
- Mechanism Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant enzymes appear to be involved in the germination of seeds from NP-treated plants.
- Intervention effect NP treatment increased the activities of superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase in seeds.
- Recommendation Foliar application of 300 mg L−1 ZnNPs and 200 mg L−1 FeNPs at crucial growth stages is proposed to improve cucumber yield and seed quality.