Table 1 Influence of spraying Ag and Zn NPs on shoot thickness, leaf area, total chlorophyll, flower percentage, and yield of “Florida prince” peach cultivar during 2020.

From: Productivity performance of peach trees, insecticidal and antibacterial bioactivities of leaf extracts as affected by nanofertilizers foliar application

Treatments

Shoot thickness (mm)

Leaf area (cm2)

Total cholorophyll spad (μ Molm−2)

Flower, %

Yield (kg)/tree

Yield (ton)/hectare

Control

0.27c

31.88f

32.07d

36.20d

105.25e

63.15e

Ag NPs 10 mL/L

0.32b

37.16d

39.93c

57.09b

140.75cd

84.45cd

Ag NPs 12.5 mL/L

0.35ab

41.54c

42.70a

57.71b

149.50b

89.7b

Ag NPs 15 mL/L

0.37a

48.37a

43. 19a

70.81a

165.00a

99.0a

Zn NPs 2.5 mL/L

0.31bc

34.86e

40.90bc

54.17c

140.25d

84.15d

Zn NPs 5 mL/L

0.33ab

38.72d

41.74ab

57.63b

142.5cd

85.5cd

Zn NPs 7.5 mL/L

0.35ab

44.31b

43.01a

57.63b

146.25bc

87.75bc

LSD = 0.05

0.05

1.57

1.53

2.84

5.86

3.52

  1. *Means not sharing the same letter(s) within each column, significantly different at 0.05 level of probability.