Table 1 Recovery of ZnSO4 and solubility of ZnO nanoparticles after 48 hours, and their standard deviation, under pristine aqueous dispersions and the same dispersions exposure to plant roots.

From: A new glance on root-to-shoot in vivo zinc transport and time-dependent physiological effects of ZnSO4 and ZnO nanoparticles on plants

Treatments

Root Contact

Water

100

1000

100

1000

(mg L−1)

40 nm

30.1 ± 4.5c

20.7 ± 4.1b

9.6 ± 0.6a

8.4 ± 0.3a

300 nm

7.7 ± 0.9a

8.2 ± 1.1a

6.7 ± 0.4a

8.6 ± 0.5a

ZnSO4

106.1 ± 10.6d

1180.2 ± 11.7 f

101.8 ± 1.5d

995.2 ± 23.3e

  1. Values followed by the same letter do not present statistical difference according to Tukey Test at 95% probability.
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