Abstract
The study was aimed at evaluating the effect of nanosilica and different sources of silicon on soil properties, total bacterial population and maize seed germination. Nanosilica was synthesised using rice husk and characterised. Silica powder was amorphous (50 nm) with >99.9% purity. Sodium silicate treated soil inhibited plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in contrast to nanosilica and other bulk sources. Surface property and effect of soil nutrient content of nanosilica treatment were improved. Colony forming unit (CFU) was doubled in the presence of nanosilica from 4 × 105 CFU (control) to 8 × 105 CFU per gram of soil. The silica and protein content of bacterial biomass clearly showed an increase in uptake of silica with an increase in nanosilica concentration. Nanosilica promoted seed germination percentage (100%) in maize than conventional Si sources. These studies show that nanosilica has favourable effect on beneficial bacterial population and nutrient value of soil.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Rice-husk nanosilica was amorphous, 50 nm and over 99.9% pure.
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Verbatim
e0“Nanosilica was synthesised using rice husk and characterised. Silica powder was amorphous (50 nm) with >99.9% purity.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sodium silicate treated soil inhibited plant growth promoting rhizobacteria.
- Treatment
- Sodium silicate treated soile0
- Interactor
- plant growth promoting rhizobacteriae0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant growth promoting rhizobacteriae0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Comparator
- nanosilica and other bulk sourcese0
Zea maysOrganisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Sodium silicate treated soil inhibited plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in contrast to nanosilica and other bulk sources.”
e1“maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Nanosilica improved soil surface property and nutrient content.
- Treatment
- nanosilica treatmente0
- Outcome
- Surface property and effect of soil nutrient contente0
- Direction
- improvede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Surface property and effect of soil nutrient content of nanosilica treatment were improved.”
e1“maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Nanosilica doubled soil colony forming units from 4 × 105 to 8 × 105 per gram.
- Treatment
- nanosilicae0
- Outcome
- Colony forming unit (CFU)e0
- Direction
- doublede0
- Value
- 8 × 105 CFU per gram of soile0
- Qualifier
- 4 × 105 CFUe0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Colony forming unit (CFU) was doubled in the presence of nanosilica from 4 × 105 CFU (control) to 8 × 105 CFU per gram of soil.”
e1“maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Bacterial biomass silica uptake increased as nanosilica concentration increased.
- Treatment
- nanosilica concentratione0
- Interactor
- bacterial biomasse0symbiont
- Outcome
- uptake of silicae0
- Direction
- increasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The silica and protein content of bacterial biomass clearly showed an increase in uptake of silica with an increase in nanosilica concentration.”
e1“maize seed germination”
Claim · model-written summary
Nanosilica yielded 100% maize seed germination, above conventional silicon sources.
- Treatment
- Nanosilicae0
- Outcome
- seed germination percentagee0
- Direction
- promotede0
- Value
- 100%e0
- Comparator
- conventional Si sourcese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nanosilica promoted seed germination percentage (100%) in maize than conventional Si sources.”
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