Table 1. Root length and hypocotyls of Arabidopsis seedlings at 10 DAG after treatment with ZnO NPs and MWCNTs, respectively.
ZnO NPs (mg/L) | Primary Root length (cm) | Hypocotyl Length (cm) | ||||||
Φ90 | Φ200 | Φ90 | Φ200 | |||||
0 | 4.35±0.23a | 4.35±0.23a | 0.62±0.10a | 0.62±0.10a | ||||
15 | 4.70±0.30a | 4.51±0.27a | 0.65±0.13a | 0.65±0.13a | ||||
30 | 3.43±0.18b | 3.10±0.11b | 0.51±0.08a | 0.51±0.08a | ||||
50 | 1.10±0.19c | 0.96±0.24c | 0.36±0.08b | 0.36±0.08b | ||||
MWCNTs (mg/L) | Primary Root length (cm) | Hypocotyl Length (cm) | ||||||
Φ1020 | Φ2040 | Φ4060 | Φ1020 | Φ2040 | Φ4060 | |||
0 | 4.39±0.19ab | 4.39±0.19a | 4.39±0.19a | 0.59±0.16a | 0.59±0.16a | 0.59±0.1a | ||
50 | 4.72±0.28a | 3.58±0.17b | 3.30±0.33b | 0.64±0.13a | 0.64±0.22ab | 0.86±0.2b | ||
100 | 3.65±0.14b | 3.05±0.19bc | 2.67±0.21c | 0.72±0.08ab | 0.70±0.10ab | 0.76±0.1ab | ||
200 | 3.43±0.10b | 2.85±0.10bc | 2.48±0.18c | 0.74±0.08ab | 0.75±0.16b | 0.75±0.2ab | ||
500 | 2.9±0.17c | 2.60±0.09c | 2.60±0.09c | 0.79±0.14b | 0.74±0.03b | 0.74±0.1ab |