Tomato Seed Coat Permeability to Selected Carbon Nanomaterials and Enhancement of Germination and Seedling Growth

Figure 5

(a) The gain in seed wet weight after 0, 5, 10, 30, or 60 min US treatments in MilliQ, GA, C₆₀(OH)₂₀, and MWNT-GA. (b) The loss in dry seed weight 48 hours after drying from US treatment in MilliQ, GA, C₆₀(OH)₂₀, and MWNT-GA. Means separated by LSD bar are significantly different at . The total soak time for all treatments was 60 min. That is, 0 min of sonication is equivalent to 0 min of sonication plus 60 min of soak, 5 min sonication is equivalent to 5 min of sonication plus 55 min of soak in the solution, and so forth.

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