Claim · model-written summary
1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased carotenoids by 11.2%.
- Taxon
- Raphanus sativus
Raphanus sativust0 - Treatment
- application of 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPse1
- Outcome
- carotenoidse1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 11.2%e1
- Qualifier
- p < 0.05e1
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Verbatim
t0“Raphanus sativus”
e1“The application of 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs resulted in a significant increase ( p < 0.05) in soluble protein content, carbohydrates, chlorophyll a (Chl-a), chlorophyll b (Chl-b), total chlorophylls, carotenoids, and antioxidants by 24.7%, 58.5%, 38.0%, 42.2%, 39.9%, 11.2%, and 7.7%, respectively”
Title
Pathirannahalage Sahan Samuditha; Nadeesh Madusanka Adassooriya; Nazeera Salim Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2024. doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.11
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased soluble protein content by 24.7%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased carbohydrates by 58.5%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased chlorophyll a (Chl-a) by 38.0%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased chlorophyll b (Chl-b) by 42.2%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased total chlorophylls by 39.9%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L of ZnO NPs increased antioxidants by 7.7%.
- Intervention effect 1,000 mg/L ZnO NPs had no impact on indole acetic acid content.
- Intervention effect 2,000 mg/L ZnO NPs significantly reduced soluble protein content by 23.1%.
- Intervention effect 2,000 mg/L ZnO NPs notably increased IAA by 31.1%, indicating potential toxicity.
- Observation Zinc internalization in Raphanus sativus seedlings significantly increased.
- Intervention effect At 10,000 mg/L ZnO NPs, seedling Zn concentration significantly rose to 1.76 mg/g, from 0.36 mg/g in controls.
- Intervention effect At 10,000 mg/L ZnO NPs, Raphanus sativus showed leaf chlorosis and stunted seedling growth.
- Observation Raphanus sativus is tolerant to high Zn levels and is classified as a Zn-tolerant species.
- Recommendation Caution is advised for ZnO NP application and release at concentrations above 1000 mg/L.