Table 4. Regeneration of switchgrass at different concentrations of ZnO-NPs.
Explant | Control RGM | RGM +ZnO-NPs 10 mg/L | RGM+ZnO-NPs 20 mg/L | RGM+ZnO-NPs 30 mg/L | RGM+ZnO-NPs 40 mg/L | RGM+ZnO-NPs 50 mg/L |
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Seeds | 7.13±1.05c 24% | 13.20±1.14b 43% | 17.28±0.75b 57% | 23.10±2.1a 76% | 5.21±2.45 16% | 0.00±0.00d 0% |
Internodes | 10.00±1.35c 33% | 15.00±0.05b 50% | 24.00±0.01a 80% | 21.33±1.1a 70% | 17.00±1.25b 56% | 7.43±0.98c (23%) |
LSD for explant = 4.019. p< 0.05. Small alphabets are average of 3 replicates each replicate had 10 treatments.