Table 2 Effect of Cu-chitosan NPs on Cu+2 content in tomato. Data were recorded in tomato after 21 d of storage.

From: Cu-chitosan nano-net improves keeping quality of tomato by modulating physio-biochemical responses

Treatment (%)

Cu+2 (g kg−1)

Control (water)

0.027 ± 0.02 g

BCH (0.1)

0.026 ± 0.11 g

CuSO4 (0.01)

0.060 ± 0.13a

Cu-chitosan NPs

0.01

0.028 ± 0.04 g

0.04

0.031 ± 0.12f.

0.08

0.035 ± 0.17e

0.12

0.045 ± 0.10d

0.16

0.049 ± 0.20c

0.20

0.058 ± 0.10b

  1. Each value is mean of triplicates and each replication consisted of 5 tomatoes. Mean ± SE followed by same letter is not significantly different at p = 0.05 as determined by Tukey − Kramer HSD. BCH represents bulk chitosan (BCH) dissolved in 0.1% acetic acid and CuS04 dissolved in water.
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