Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Effect of using two different types of nanoparticles for pineapple (Ananas comosus Merr.) in vitro plant proliferation and growth

International Conference on Plant Physiology & Pathology

June 09-10, 2016 Dallas, USA

Sobhan Ghaeini and Farah Farahani

Islamic Azad University, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Plant Pathol Microbiol

Abstract:

The aim of this research was to determine the proliferation and growth effect of nanoparticles Ag and Cu in pineapple (Ananas comosus Merr.) in vitro plants. Two types of nanoparticles were used, both of them had 20 nm size. The in vitro plants (approximately 15 mm length) were inoculated in to a proliferation medium. Four treatments were established: 5, 10, 15 and 20 μg/ml for each type of nanoparticles and a control without nanoparticles. The assessed variables consisted of the average number of days for multiplication, average number of plantlets per plant and the average stem length. This study determined that, in general, the Ag-nanoparticle promoted the growth of the in vitro plants under this assay, when compared to the Cunanoparticles. The lowest Ag-nanoparticle dose (5 μg/ml) evidenced the best results for the assessed variables. Additionally, the ANOVA analysis also evidenced that the plants treated with Ag-nanoparticle (5 μg/ml) increased their proliferation when compared to the control group.

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