Abstract
This research study aims to improve the productivity and vegetative growth characteristics of onion to meet local demands and the volume of exports. This was done by the application of foliar nano-fertilizers based on cellulose nanofibers (CNF). TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl) -oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TO-CNFs) were fabricated using the TEMPO-oxidized method in the presence of sodium or potassium hydroxide to obtain sodium carboxylate TO-CNFs (N-CNF) and potassium carboxylate TO-CNFs (K-CNF), respectively. Also, potassium acrylate was used in grafting N-CNF to get potassium polyacrylate-g-sodium carboxylate TO-CNFs (G-CNF). The prepared CNFs were described via various techniques such as FTIR, SEM, TGA, and XRD. X-ray analysis demonstrated that N-CNF, K-CNF, and G-CNF consisted of a crystalline domain of crystallinity index 0.45, 0.41, and 0.55, respectively. K-CNF showed marginally lower thermal stability than N-CNF influenced by its crystalline properties. The vegetative growth and the yield of onion plants, plus the content of photosynthetic pigments, minerals, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, as well as total phenols, flavonoids, and indoles, were studied. The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.
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Claim · model-written summary
Foliar K-CNF improved onion yield.
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- onion
Allium cepae0 - Treatment
- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- yielde0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion content of elements.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- content of elementse0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion protein.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- proteine0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion total soluble solid.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- total soluble solide0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion phenols.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- phenolse0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion indoles.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- indolese0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion cellulose.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- cellulosee0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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Foliar K-CNF improved onion lignin.
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- onionAllium cepae0
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- application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizere0
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- lignine0
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- improvede0
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e0“The results showed that the application of K-CNF as a foliar nano-fertilizer improved the onion yield and the content of elements, protein, total soluble solid, phenols, and indoles as well as the content of cellulose and lignin.”
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