Silica nanoparticles for increased silica availability in maize (Zea mays. L) seeds under hydroponic conditions

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 902-908

  Suriyaprabha, Rangaraj ^a   Karunakaran, Gopalu ^a   Yuvakkumar, Rathinam ^a   Rajendran, Venkatachalam ^a   Kannan, Narayanasamy ^b  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

Author keywords

Hydroponic incubation; Maize seed; Micro SiO2; Nano SiO2; Silica utilization

Indexed keywords

DRY WEIGHT; HYDROPONIC CULTURE; HYDROPONIC INCUBATION; HYDROPONIC SOLUTION; MAIZE SEEDS; MICRO-SIO2; NANO- SIO; NANO-SILICA; NATURAL SOURCES; POT EXPERIMENT; RICE HUSK; ROOT GROWTH; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA SOURCES; SILICIC ACIDS; SODIUM SILICATE; ZEA MAYS;

EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SEED;

NANOPARTICLE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; SILICIC ACID; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRY WEIGHT; GERMINATION; HYDROPONICS; INCUBATION TIME; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT GROWTH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870410861     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341312803989033     Document Type: Article

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