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. 2020 Jun 4;5(23):13566–13577. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00030

Table 2. Analysis of the Effect of CuO and ZnO NPs on Seed Physical Parameters Using SmartGRAIN Softwarea.

NPs conc. (mg/kg) area size (m2) perimeter length (mm) length (mm) width (mm) length-to-width ratio circularity index
ZnO control 98.3 ± 2.7b 39.3 ± 1.3b 15.0 ± 0.4b 9.1 ± 0.3b 1.7 ± 0.2a 0.8a
Z200 98.3 ± 2.4b 39.3 ± 1.2b 15.0 ± 0.3b 9.1 ± 0.4b 1.7 ± 0.1a 0.8a
Z400 94.3 ± 1.4c 38.3 ± 1.7b 14.5 ± 0.2c 8.9 ± 0.2b 1.7 ± 0.3a 0.81a
Z600 171.2 ± 3.1a 51.9 ± 1.8a 19.3 ± 1.0a 12.3 ± 0.8a 1.6 ± 0.4a 0.79a
CuO Control 100.3 ± 1.3d 40.1 ± 0.9c 15.2 ± 0.3c 9.1 ± 0.6c 1.6 ± 0.1a 0.79b
C12.5 116.5 ± 1.7c 42.4 ± 1.0b 15.7 ± 0.3b 10.0 ± 0.3bc 1.6 ± 0.2a 0.82ab
C25 120.5 ± 1.4b 42.3 ± 1.1b 15.3 ± 0.4c 10.6 ± 0.5b 1.4 ± 0.1b 0.84a
C50 174.3 ± 2.0a 51.1 ± 1.5a 18.1 ± 0.7a 13.1 ± 0.4a 1.4 ± 0.1b 0.84a
a

The results are presented as mean (n = 3). The similar letters within the column mean no statistical difference between treatments in Turkey’s test (p ≤ 0.05).