Abstract
With the growing recognition that conventional agriculture will not be able to meet food production demands, innovative strategies to reach food security are imperative. Although nanoscale fertilizers are attracting increased attention as a sustainable platform for agricultural applications, limited data exist on how surface charge influences overall efficacy relative to disease suppression and nutrient accumulation. This study investigated the effect of positively and negatively charged iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe 3 O 4 NPs) on the growth of tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants and their disease resistance against the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici at both the greenhouse and field scale. In addition, a theoretical model of the biointerface was employed for a mechanistic understanding of the interaction and attachment efficiency between NPs and tomato leaves after foliar exposure. In the greenhouse, both positively and negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs significantly suppressed Fusarium wilt by 41.4 and 44.6% and increased plant shoot biomass by 327.6 and 455.0%, respectively, compared to the diseased control. The impact of the NP surface charge was apparent; positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs demonstrated superior efficacy compared to their negatively charged counterparts in mitigating disease damage and regulating nutrient (Na, Si, and Cu) accumulation. Computationally, positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs consistently migrate toward lipid layers, indicative of a pronounced affinity between these entities compared with the negatively charged particles, which aligns with the experimental data. The findings highlight the importance and tunability of nanomaterials properties, especially the surface charge, in optimizing the use for disease suppression and nutrient modulation, which offers a great potential for sustainable agriculture.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Positively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles significantly suppressed greenhouse tomato Fusarium wilt by 41.4% relative to diseased controls.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- positivelye0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie1pathogen - Outcome
- Fusarium wilte0
- Direction
- suppressede0
- Value
- 41.4e0
- Comparator
- diseased controle0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse, both positively and negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs significantly suppressed Fusarium wilt by 41.4 and 44.6% and increased plant shoot biomass by 327.6 and 455.0%, respectively, compared to the diseased control.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici”
Claim · model-written summary
Negatively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles significantly suppressed greenhouse tomato Fusarium wilt by 44.6% relative to diseased controls.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie1pathogen
- Outcome
- Fusarium wilte0
- Direction
- suppressede0
- Value
- 44.6%e0
- Comparator
- diseased controle0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse, both positively and negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs significantly suppressed Fusarium wilt by 41.4 and 44.6% and increased plant shoot biomass by 327.6 and 455.0%, respectively, compared to the diseased control.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici”
Claim · model-written summary
Positively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles increased greenhouse tomato shoot biomass by 327.6% relative to diseased controls.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- positivelye0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie1pathogen
- Outcome
- plant shoot biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 327.6e0
- Comparator
- diseased controle0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse, both positively and negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs significantly suppressed Fusarium wilt by 41.4 and 44.6% and increased plant shoot biomass by 327.6 and 455.0%, respectively, compared to the diseased control.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici”
Claim · model-written summary
Negatively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles increased greenhouse tomato shoot biomass by 455.0% relative to diseased controls.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie1pathogen
- Outcome
- plant shoot biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 455.0%e0
- Comparator
- diseased controle0
- Setting
- greenhousee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the greenhouse, both positively and negatively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs significantly suppressed Fusarium wilt by 41.4 and 44.6% and increased plant shoot biomass by 327.6 and 455.0%, respectively, compared to the diseased control.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici”
Claim · model-written summary
Positively charged nanoparticles were superior to negatively charged nanoparticles in mitigating tomato disease damage.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersiciFusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersicie1pathogen
- Outcome
- mitigating disease damagee0
- Direction
- superior efficacye0
- Comparator
- negatively charged counterpartse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs demonstrated superior efficacy compared to their negatively charged counterparts in mitigating disease damage and regulating nutrient (Na, Si, and Cu) accumulation.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
e1“the pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici”
Claim · model-written summary
Positively charged nanoparticles were superior in regulating tomato Na, Si and Cu accumulation compared with negatively charged nanoparticles.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
- Outcome
- nutrient (Na, Si, and Cu) accumulatione0
- Direction
- superior efficacye0
- Comparator
- negatively charged counterpartse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs demonstrated superior efficacy compared to their negatively charged counterparts in mitigating disease damage and regulating nutrient (Na, Si, and Cu) accumulation.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Simulations showed positively charged Fe3O4 nanoparticles migrating toward lipid layers with more pronounced affinity than negative particles.
- Treatment
- positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPse0
- Outcome
- migrate toward lipid layerse0
- Qualifier
- pronounced affinitye0
- Comparator
- negatively charged particlese0
Not reportedTaxonDirection
Verbatim
e0“Computationally, positively charged Fe 3 O 4 NPs consistently migrate toward lipid layers, indicative of a pronounced affinity between these entities compared with the negatively charged particles, which aligns with the experimental data.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors highlight tuning nanomaterial surface charge to optimize disease suppression and nutrient modulation for sustainable agriculture.
- Taxon
- Solanum lycopersicum L.Solanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- optimizing the use for disease suppression and nutrient modulatione0
- Qualifier
- especially the surface chargee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The findings highlight the importance and tunability of nanomaterials properties, especially the surface charge, in optimizing the use for disease suppression and nutrient modulation, which offers a great potential for sustainable agriculture.”
t0“Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
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