. 2022 Mar 31;35(3):601–616. doi: 10.1007/s10534-022-00391-8

Table 2.

Effect of biogenic ZnO-NPs on morphological indicators of S. melongena under pots conditions

Treatments	Plant height (cm)	Root length (cm)	Shoot F. wt. (g)	Shoot D. wt. (g)	Root F. wt. (g)	Root D.Wt. (g)
Control (H.)	34 ± 2.56^ab	11 ± 1.73^a	9.76 ± 1.36^a	2.01 ± 0.75^a	2.43 ± 0.51^a	0.51 ± 0.09^a
Control (Inf.)	13.33 ± 1.52^c	5 ± 1^b	2.26 ± 0.8^c	0.25 ± 0.07^b	0.5 ± 0.2^b	0.04 ± 0.005^b
Healthy treated with Nano	37.67 ± 2.52^a	12 ± 1.73^a	10.63 ± 1.58^a	2.34 ± 1.2^a	3.03 ± 0.31^a	5.13 ± 0.2^a
Infected treated with Nano	33.66 ± 1.52^b	10.33 ± 2.08^a	5.56 ± 1.69^b	1.28 ± 0.46^ab	0.93 ± 0.51^b	0.24 ± 0.1^b
L. S. D. at 0.05	3.994	3.169	2.643	1.458	0.809	0.2419

Values are means ± SD (n = 3). Data within the groups are analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by

^a,b,c,d Duncan’s multiple range test (DMRT), LSD least significant differences