Fig. 2

Effect of various levels of SiO2-NPs and Se-NPs on (a) Microbial accumulation in vase solution at 7th day; (b) Different microbial populations on different vase solutions on the 7th day, and (c) Microscopic observation of T1 (distilled water + 3% sucrose) and T5 (containing 20 mg L-1 Se-NPs + 3% sucrose).