Are Copper Nanoparticles Toxic to All Plants? A Case Study on Onion (Allium cepa L.)
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...), Egypt, according to Richards [16] and Jackson [17]....
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...Before planting, physical and chemical analyses (Table 1) of the reclaimed soil were performed at the Soil, Water, and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Centre (A.R.C.), Egypt, according to Richards [16] and Jackson [17]....
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...Analysis of vitamins B5 (pantothenic acid), B6 (pyridoxine), and B9 (folate) were performed using the HPLC method (see [19,22,23] for detailed protocols)....
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...This makes Cu NPs a very safe option for supplementing Cu to onion plants without polluting the environment and soil ecosystem, making it an attractive resource for precision and sustainable agriculture [73,74]....
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...Cu is an essential micronutrient that forms part of many important proteins and enzymes in plants and plays an important role in metabolism [6]....
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...Cu also has a very narrow optimum range of concentration in which it exerts its beneficial effects [6,8]....
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...Cu together with iron, zinc, boron, chlorine, manganese, and molybdenum are considered essential micronutrients that plants need to carry out many important physiological processes [6,26]....
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...Cu deficiency affects both PS I and PS II activities in the chloroplast, which in turn reduce carbohydrate synthesis by almost 50% through affecting both chlorophyll content and leaf area [6]....
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...Additionally, Cu is involved in many pivotal metabolic functions (photosynthesis and respiration), protein synthesis, cell lignification, auxin regulation, and protection against oxidative stress [6]....
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