Carbon Nanotubes as Plant Growth Regulators: Effects on Tomato Growth, Reproductive System, and Soil Microbial Community

V. Khodakovskaya, Mariya; Soo Kim, Bong; Nam Kim, Jong; Alimohammadi, Mahmood; Dervishi, Enkeleda; Mustafa, Thikra; E. Cernigla, Carl

doi:10.1002/smll.201201225

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Carbon Nanotubes as Plant Growth Regulators: Effects on Tomato Growth, Reproductive System, and Soil Microbial Community

Published in Small • Sep 28, 2012

Authors:

Mariya V. Khodakovskaya

Bong Soo Kim

Jong Nam Kim

Abstract

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can affect plant phenotype and the composition of soil microbiota. Tomato plants grown in soil supplemented with CNTs produce two times more flowers and fruit compared to plants grown in control soil. The effect of carbon nanotubes on microbial community of CNT-t...

Subject

Bacteroidetes

Firmicutes

Proteobacteria

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