Release, Transport and Toxicity of Engineered Nanoparticles - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology - page 30

Nanoparticles studied Concentration Plant studied Results References

CNTs 10-40 ʼg/mL Tomato seeds Seed penetration and increased germination rate Khodavskayaetal.( 2009 )

Fe 3 O 4 30, 100 and

500mg/L

Lolium perenne and
Cucurbita mixta

Oxidative stress Wangetal.( 2011 )

Aluminium 2mg/mL Corn Stunted root growth YangandWatts( 2005 )

Cucumber
Soya bean
Cabbage
carrot

nZVI and Ag 0-5,000and

0-100mg/L

Ryegrass nZVI beneicial at lower concentration, no clear

effects with silver

EI-Temshah and Joner
( 2012 )

Barley
lax

Ag 0-40mg/L(Agar) Phaseolus radiatus ,

Sorghum bicolor

Root and shoot growth decreases in agar medium
whereas in soil medium less toxicity was observed

Leeetal.( 2012 )

0-2,000mg/kg(Soil)

MWNTs 20,200,2,000mg/L Radish Inhibition in seed germination, difference in root

growth pattern in different plant

LinandXing( 2007 )

Aluminium Rapeseed

Alumina Rye grass

Zinc Lettuce

Zinc oxide Corn

cucumber

ZnO 10, 20, 50, 100, 200,

1,000mg/L

Ryegrass Reduced biomass, vacuolated epidermal or cortical

cells

LinandXing( 2008 )

CuO 335and570mg/L Triticum aestivum

(wheat)and Phaseolus
radiates (Mung)

Aggregation in plant cell Leeetal.( 2008 )

Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , Fe 3 O 4
and ZnO

400, 2,000 and
4,000mg/L

Arabidopsis thaliana
(Mouseearcress)

ToxicityfollowthepatternZnO>nFe 3 O 4 >nSiO 2 ,
while Al 2 O 3 does not show toxicity

Leeetal.( 2010 )

MWNTs 1,000mg/L Cucurbita pepo

(Zucchini)

No effect on seed germination, stunted root growth Stampoulisetal.( 2009 )

Silver
Copper
ZnO
silicon