Abstract
Silver nanoparticles were biosynthesized using three plant extracts i.e., Neem, garlic, and lemongrass. Silver nanoparticles were formed by treating aqueous solution of AgNO3 with plant leaf extracts as reducing agent of Ag + to AgO. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized with transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Dynamic Light Scattering-nano sizer (DLS) and Zeta potential. In vitro, Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/L inhibited completely the mycelium growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL). Silver Nanoparticle synthesized by neem extract was the most effective treatments in decreasing disease incidence and severity. Moreover, increased the fresh and dry weight of shoot and root of treated plants. Results revealed that plants treated with silver nanoparticles exhibited an increase in activities of defense enzymes such as peroxidase, polyphenol-oxidase, chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia and phenol contents over the control plants. In this respect, silver nanoparticles synthesized by neem extract also were the best treatment. The present results suggest that silver nanoparticles synthesized by plant extracts had fungicidal activity, and it could be an efficient, safe and affordable alternative to chemical fungicides.
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Claim · model-written summary
Neem silver nanoparticles at 800 L/L completely inhibited FOL mycelial growth.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/Le0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie0pathogen - Outcome
- mycelium growthe0
- Direction
- inhibited completelye0
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e0“Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/L inhibited completely the mycelium growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem silver nanoparticles at 800 L/L completely inhibited FOL sporulation.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/Le0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie0pathogen
- Outcome
- sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersicie0
- Direction
- inhibited completelye0
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Verbatim
e0“Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/L inhibited completely the mycelium growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL)”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem-derived silver nanoparticles most effectively decreased disease incidence and severity.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Silver Nanoparticle synthesized by neem extracte0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie2pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidence and severitye0
- Direction
- decreasinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Silver Nanoparticle synthesized by neem extract was the most effective treatments in decreasing disease incidence and severity”
t0“Tomato”
e2“Neem AgNPs at concentration 800 L/L inhibited completely the mycelium growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL)”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem-derived silver nanoparticles increased shoot and root fresh and dry weights.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Silver Nanoparticle synthesized by neem extracte1
- Outcome
- fresh and dry weight of shoot and roote0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“increased the fresh and dry weight of shoot and root of treated plants”
t0“Tomato”
e1“Silver Nanoparticle synthesized by neem extract was the most effective treatments”
Claim · model-written summary
Silver nanoparticles increased peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase and chitinase activities over controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- silver nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- activities of defense enzymes such as peroxidase, polyphenol-oxidase, chitinasee0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“plants treated with silver nanoparticles exhibited an increase in activities of defense enzymes such as peroxidase, polyphenol-oxidase, chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia and phenol contents over the control plants”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Silver nanoparticles increased phenylalanine ammonia and phenol contents over controls.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- silver nanoparticlese0
- Outcome
- phenylalanine ammonia and phenol contentse0
- Direction
- increasee0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plants treated with silver nanoparticles exhibited an increase in activities of defense enzymes such as peroxidase, polyphenol-oxidase, chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia and phenol contents over the control plants”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Neem-derived particles were the best treatment for defense responses.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- best treatmente0
- Direction
- beste0
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e0“silver nanoparticles synthesized by neem extract also were the best treatment”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors suggest plant-extract silver nanoparticles as an alternative to chemical fungicides.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- efficient, safe and affordable alternative to chemical fungicidese0
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Verbatim
e0“silver nanoparticles synthesized by plant extracts had fungicidal activity, and it could be an efficient, safe and affordable alternative to chemical fungicides”
t0“Tomato”
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