Enhanced Growth and Yield of Jasmine Plants (Jasminum sambac L.) Using Starch-Assisted Citric Acid-Stabilized TiO₂ Colloids

The agricultural sector has a great deal of interest in nanostimulants due to their potential to be a sustained-release fertilizer and as a way to lessen the biotic and abiotic stress that plants endure. Applying nanomaterials as nanostimulants helps to increase crop productivity and nutrient use efficiency of crops. Applying a starch-assisted photocatalytic TiO₂ colloid stabilized by citric acid as a nanostimulant foliar spray to jasmine plants to enhance their nutrient uptake and flower yield. The controlled jasmine plants from the cultivation field were compared to the stimulants sprayed on the plants. After being treated with citrate-stabilized TiO₂, the jasmine plants produced blooms with longer peduncles and heavier weights. Higher levels of light absorbance, chlorophyll content, and enhanced nutrient uptake due to increased root growth may all help crops perform better through a more efficient photosynthetic response.