Table 1.

Effect of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on decontamination and survival of rhizome bud explants of K. parviflora after 3 weeks of incubation.

Ag NPs (mg L−1)	Duration (min)	Decontamination (%)	Explant Survival (%)
0 (Control)		15.2 ± 3.3 j	100 ± 0.0 a
25	30	23.7 ± 4.6 i	100 ± 0.0 a
50		44.2 ± 3.3 f	100 ± 0.0 a
100		64.6 ± 4.9 c	100 ± 0.0 a
200		94.9 ± 3.1 b	73.7 ± 2.6 d
25	60	31.1 ± 4.6 h	100 ± 0.0 a
50		49.7 ± 3.9 e	100 ± 0.0 a
100		100 ± 0.0 a	100 ± 0.0 a
200		100 ± 0.0 a	65.2 ± 3.6 f
25	90	38.1 ± 3.3 g	91.7 ± 2.5 b
50		56.7 ± 4.8 d	85.2 ± 2.9 c
100		100 ± 0.0 a	67.8 ± 3.1 e
200		100 ± 0.0 a	44.3 ± 2.5 g
Mean		62.93	86.7
R-Square Coefficient of variation		0.9896	0.9889
		5.34	2.28
		F-value
F-test	Conc	27086.7	1775.4
	Duration	251.4	1149.6
	Conc * Duration	53.4	89.0
		p-value
	Conc	0.001	0.001
	Duration	0.001	0.001
	Conc * Duration	0.001	0.001

Means ± SDs, followed by the same letters within a column, were not significantly different p < 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT).