Claim · model-written summary
Nano-ZnO increased root depth by 8% compared with the control.
- Taxon
- faba bean
Vicia fabat0 - Treatment
- Application of nano-ZnOe7
- Outcome
- root depthe7
- Direction
- increasinge7
- Value
- 8%e7
- Comparator
- the controle7
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Verbatim
t0“Seed priming-induced modulation of photosynthesis and root system architecture in faba bean under controlled conditions”
e7“Application of nano-ZnO reduced the number of roots by 11% while increasing root depth by 8% compared to the control”
Title
Shahram Torabian; Theresa J. Nartea; Salar Farhangi-Abriz Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 2026. doi:10.1007/s11738-026-03888-8
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Association Midnight had the lowest growth among the faba bean varieties.
- Association Midnight showed delayed flowering.
- Association Windsor and Purple Negreta had higher shoot biomass and branching than the other varieties.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO seed priming significantly enhanced plant height and shoot dry matter.
- Intervention effect NaCl priming increased root biomass and branching.
- Intervention effect Seed priming positively influenced net photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate and water use efficiency across growth stages.
- Intervention effect Water priming enhanced net photosynthesis rate and water use efficiency, particularly in Windsor.
- Intervention effect Chlorophyll content (SPAD) increased under seed priming, especially at the flowering stage.
- Intervention effect Specific root length decreased under seed priming.
- Intervention effect NaCl priming gave the lowest specific root length.
- Intervention effect Nano-ZnO reduced the number of roots by 11% compared with the control.