Table 1 Total number and population density of Meloidogyne Javanica in soybean treated with Ag2O nanoparticles (NPs), TiO2 nps, or their bulk counterparts.

From: Comparison between the effects of silver and titanium nanoparticles and their bulk counterparts on Meloidogyne Javanica

Treatment

Total nematode number

Nematode population density (nematodes g−1 root)

Trial 1

Trial 2

Trial 1

Trial 2

Control

73,950a

160,533a

7972a

7749a

Ag2O NPs

68,350a

135,507a

6508a

6597a

Bulk Ag2O

52,700a

73,100b

5491a

3965b

TiO2 NPs

33,300b

92,957b

3194b

4199b

Bulk TiO2

40,250b

111,257b

4572b

5434b

CV (%)

22.55

15.82

21.52

20.57

  1. Evaluations were performed at 60 days after inoculation (Experiment 1, trials 1 and 2).
  2. Means in a column followed by the same lowercase letter do not differ from each other by the Scott–Knott test at p < 0.05. CV, coefficient of variation.