Toxicity of silver and copper to Cucurbita pepo: Differential effects of nano and bulk-size particles

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 510-517

  Musante, Craig ^a   White, Jason C ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ag; Cu; Engineered nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicology; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

CU CONTENT; CUCURBITA PEPO; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; HUMIC ACID; ION CONCENTRATIONS; ION CONTENT; NANOTOXICOLOGY; PARTICLE SOLUTIONS; PHYTOTOXICITY; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY; UNTREATED CONTROL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COPPER; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; TOXICITY; TRANSPIRATION;

SILVER;

COPPER NANOPARTICLE; HUMIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HUMIC ACID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYTOTOXICITY; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSPIRATION; VINE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURBITA PEPO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING;

BIOMASS; COPPER; CUCURBITA; HYDROPONICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SILVER;

EID: 84865080597     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20667     Document Type: Article

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