Response of Pea Seedlings on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Seed Treatments

Abstract

- The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), a spore suspension of Fusarium culmorum ( FC ), MWCNTs together with a conidia suspension of FC and sterilization with sodium hypochlorite on germination coefficient, morphology, infection of seedlings by naturally occurring microorganisms, efficiency of photosystem II and amylolytic activity of α-amylase. MWCNTs limited germination of pea seeds and the length of hypocotyls. MWCNTs affected the morphology of pea seedlings by increasing the length of the shoots and roots but did not affect surface of shoots and the efficiency of photosynthesis. MWCNTs also limited infection of the seedlings caused by natural pathogens microbiome of kernels and FC