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. 2023 Feb 15;18(2):e0281756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281756

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