Toxicity and biotransformation of ZnO nanoparticles in the desert plants Prosopis juliflora-velutina, Salsola tragus and Parkinsonia florida

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 492-506

  De La Rosa, Guadalupe ^a,b   López Moreno, Martha Laura ^c   Hernandez Viezcas, Jose ^a   Montes, Milka O ^a   Peralta Videa, Jose R ^a   Gardea Torresdey, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Desert plants; Nanophytotoxicity; Plant growth; X ray absorption spectroscopy; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; ELONGATION; HISTOLOGY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LANDFORMS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILK; TISSUE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; DESERT PLANTS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); NANOPHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PRELIMINARY INFORMATION; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 79957794610     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2011.040190     Document Type: Article

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