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- Title
Optimizing Allelopathy Screening Bioassays by Using Nano Silver.
- Authors
Marinov-Serafimov, Plamen; Golubinova, Irena; Zapryanova, Nadezhda; Valcheva, Ekaterina; Nikolov, Bogdan; Petrova, Slaveya
- Abstract
Nano solutions are widely used in medicine and also have the potential to be used when performing allelopathy screening studies. The present experiment aimed to test the effectiveness of colloidal nano silver Silver–Amber© with nanoparticles of 20 nm (>20 mg/L at a purity level of 99.99%) as a carrier of allelochemicals in laboratory conditions. The influence of eleven concentrations of Silver–Amber© (0.10, 0.20, 0.39, 0.78, 1.56, 3.13, 6.25, 12.5, 25.0, 50.0 and 100.0% v/v) on the germination and initial development of test plant Lactuca sativa L. in 0.75% agar medium was studied. Data revealed that when increasing the quantitative ratio of Silver–Amber©, an inhibitory effect on seed germination (from 37.8 to 94.3%) and on the plant growth (from 54.0 to 98.9%) appeared. Lower concentrations (0.63 to 0.04 ppm) had an indifferent to statistically unproven stimulatory effect on the germination and initial development of L. sativa (GI ranged from 88.7–94.6%). Therefore, nano silver can be used as carrier of allelochemicals in allelopathic studies in laboratory conditions.
- Subjects
ALLELOPATHY; MEDICAL screening; COLLOIDAL silver; LETTUCE; BIOLOGICAL assay; GERMINATION
- Publication
Life (2075-1729), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 6, p687
- ISSN
2075-1729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/life14060687