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. 2019 Dec 18;9:19358. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55903-3

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Long-term application of CBNs to salty soil reduced the toxic effects of salt and improved the growth and yield of cotton. The introduction of CBNs to salty soil positively affected the fiber yield of cotton cultivated in the soil supplemented with CNTs (A,C) and in soil supplemented with graphene (B,D) under imposed salt stress condition. Control cotton plants were grown in regular soil, NaCl treated cotton plants were grown in soil supplemented with 100 mM NaCl and CBNs exposed cotton plants were grown in salty soil (100 mM NaCl) supplemented with CNTs or graphene in a wide range of concentrations. The experiment was repeated twice (n = 8 for each treatment and for control) The statistical significance was determined as compared to cotton plants treated with 100 mM NaCl by p < 0.05 and p < 0.01 (*p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01).