Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica and Graphene-Based FeO and ZnO Nanocomposites for Nutritional Biofortification and Sustained the Productivity of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Table 1

Effect of varying levels of Zn and Fe through mNs and rGO-based nanocomposites on Fe and zinc uptake of rice at 30 and 60 DAT and harvest stage.

Treatment		Iron uptake (mg hill^-1)				Zinc uptake (mg hill^-1)
		30 days	60 days	At harvest		30 days	60 days	At harvest
				Grain	Straw			Grain	Straw
	Control	0.21	0.55	0.84	0.14	0.02	0.04	6.58	0.50
	ZnSO4 at 0.5% + FeSO4 at 0.5%	0.33	0.64	1.52	0.26	0.05	0.08	9.56	0.72
	mNs-Zn at10 ppm + mNs-Fe at1 ppm	0.19	0.63	1.14	0.20	0.03	0.05	8.28	0.64
	mNs-Znat20 ppm + mNs-Fe at3ppm	0.22	0.69	1.52	0.26	0.04	0.07	9.36	0.74
	mNs-Znat30 ppm + mNs-Fe at 5 ppm	0.30	0.83	2.98	0.52	0.04	0.12	11.98	0.98
	rGO-Zn at 10 ppm + rGO-Fe at 1 ppm	0.24	0.56	1.1	0.20	0.03	0.06	7.16	0.56
	rGO-Zn at 20 ppm + rGO-Fe at 3 ppm	0.26	0.61	1.84	0.30	0.04	0.07	9.32	0.72
	rGO-Zn at 30 ppm + rGO-Fe at 5 ppm	0.24	0.83	2.34	0.40	0.03	0.09	11.22	0.92
LSD (p ≤0.05)		0.05	0.09	0.40	0.14	0.01	0.02	1.68	0.12