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Zinc oxide nanoparticle-mediated changes in photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant system of tomato plants

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The present study was carried out to assess the role of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) in tomato plants on growth, photosynthetic efficiency, and antioxidant system. At 20-d stage of growth, roots of tomato plants were dipped into 0, 2, 4, 8, or 16 mg(ZnO-NPs) L–1 for 15, 30, and 45 min and then seedlings were transplanted in their respective cups and allowed to grow under natural environmental conditions. At 45-d stage of growth, the ZnO-NPs treatments significantly increased growth, photosynthetic efficiency together with activities of carbonic anhydrase and antioxidant systems in a concentration- and duration-dependent manner. Moreover, the treatment by 8 mg(ZnO-NPs) L–1 for 30 min proved to be the most effective and resulted in maximum activities of antioxidant enzymes, proline accumulation and the photosynthetic rate. We concluded that presence of ZnO-NPs improved the antioxidant systems and speeded up proline accumulation that could provide stability to plants and improved photosynthetic efficiency.

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Abbreviations

ASH-GSH cycles:

glutathione-ascorbate cycle

CA:

carbonic anhydrase

CAT:

catalase

CeO2-NPs:

cerium oxide nanoparticles

Ci:

intercellular CO2 concentration

DAS:

days after sowing

DDW:

double distilled water

E :

transpiration rate

g s :

stomatal conductance

LSD:

least significant difference

NPs:

nanoparticles

NR:

nitrate reductase

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

POX:

peroxidase

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SiO2-NPs:

silicon oxide nanoparticles

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

SPAD:

soil and plant analysis development

ZnO-NPs:

zinc oxide nanoparticles.

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    M. Faizan, A. Faraz, M. Yusuf & S. Hayat

  2. DNA Research Chair, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    S. T. Khan

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Faizan, M., Faraz, A., Yusuf, M. et al. Zinc oxide nanoparticle-mediated changes in photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant system of tomato plants. Photosynthetica 56, 678–686 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-017-0717-0

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