Table 2 Phenotypic traits of okra plant treated with various NPs.

From: Effect of nanoparticles on the growth of okra cultivated in soil affected by rocky desertification

T

BN

GL

MBL (cm)

MBW (cm)

LMR (cm)

PH (cm)

SD (mm)

FW (g)

DW (g)

RS

CK

3.57 ± 0.53b

1.57 ± 0.53b

3.70 ± 0.38b

2.94 ± 0.48b

8.86 ± 1.4a

16.94 ± 1.88b

1.55 ± 0.24b

1.06 ± 0.15b

0.24 ± 0.02b

0.20 ± 0.04a

CNPs

5.14 ± 0.69a

2.71 ± 0.76a

5.50 ± 0.54a

5.36 ± 0.43a

8.07 ± 0.77a

22.7 ± 1.85a

2.88 ± 0.31a

3.31 ± 0.65a

0.42 ± 0.08a

0.19 ± 0.02a

SNPs

5.14 ± 0.38a

3.00 ± 0.58a

5.79 ± 0.64a

5.17 ± 0.59a

6.83 ± 1.15a

25.14 ± 2.47a

2.73 ± 0.23a

3.18 ± 0.45a

0.39 ± 0.06a

0.22 ± 0.07a

TNPs

5.29 ± 0.95a

2.57 ± 0.79a

5.57 ± 0.24a

5.29 ± 0.38a

7.70 ± 1.09a

24.56 ± 1.43a

2.8 ± 0.55a

3.48 ± 0.52a

0.41 ± 0.05a

0.28 ± 0.12a

ANPs

5.14 ± 0.38a

2.71 ± 0.49a

5.41 ± 0.75a

4.77 ± 0.78a

8.16 ± 2.59a

22.24 ± 2.72a

2.73 ± 0.33a

3.21 ± 0.69a

0.37 ± 0.08a

0.22 ± 0.04a

  1. Illustration, BN: blade number, GL: number of green leaves, MBW: maximum blade width per plant, MBL: maximum blade length per plant, LMR: length of main root, PH: plant height, SD: stem diameter, FW: fresh weight, DW: dry weight, RS: root-shoot ratio.Different lowercase letters showed the significant differences among treatments at p < 0.05. The same below unless particularly stated.