Application of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles for the Control of Land Snail Eobania vermiculata and Some Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Figure 8

(a–d) Light micrographs: (a) kidney of untreated snail showing (I) epithelial cells with large apical vacuole, (II) cells with no vacuoles, and central nuclei (n). (b) Kidney of untreated snail showing (I) cells with faint PAS staining, (II) cells with deeply stained cytoplasm, and granules. (c) Kidney of treated snail showing pyknotic peripheral nuclei (arrows). (d) Kidney of treated snail showing (I) cells with greatly decreased number of cells, (II) cells with deeply stained cytoplasm, and granules increased in number (scale bar = 20 μm).

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