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

Table 2

The effect of sonication for selected durations and CBNM seed treatments on percent germination recorded after 5 days.

Duration (min)	MilliQ	GA	Fullerol	MWNT-GA
0	93 ± 2.0	98 ± 1.6	96 ± 3.0	99 ± 1.5
5	99 ± 0.5	99 ± 0.3	99 ± 0.8	99 ± 0.8
10	96 ± 3.0	96 ± 2.2	98 ± 1.6	99 ± 0.3
30	97 ± 1.9	96 ± 1.2	98 ± 1.6	99 ± 1.5
60	96 ± 1.9	92 ± 4.5	95 ± 3.2	99 ± 1.5

Results are means ± standard error of six experiments (total 170 seeds for each treatment).