Table 2 Effect of different temperatures for different incubation periods on Se NPs biosynthesis.

From: Mycosynthesis of chitosan-selenium nanocomposite and its activity as an insecticide against the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis

Temperatures

Days

Ch-SeNPs

SeNPs

Wavelength

Absorbance intensity

Wavelength

Absorbance intensity

40

1

330d

1.102g

261

1.007h

40

3

328e

1.523b

260

1.398d

40

7

352a

1.617a

265

1.841a

40

14

351ab

1.381c

262

1.509b

40

21

326f

1.201f

263

1.190f

40

30

338c

1.243e

261

1.196e

60

1

350b

1.301d

262

1.404c

60

3

350b

1.301d

262

1.404c

60

7

337c

1.020h

260

1.071g

P value

0.001

0.001

0.002

0.001

F-test

***

***

***

***

LSD 0.05

1.715

0.0017

1.715

0.0017

  1. The mean value followed by different letters (a, b, c, d, e) within the same column are significantly different (One-way ANOVA, P ≤ 0.05).
  2. LSD: the least significant difference.
  3. ***Means highly significant.
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