Paper Details

Name: Himanshu Sushil kumar Jaiswal, Dinesh Dayaramji Khedkar
Email: sonudin@gmail.com
Country: India

Year: 2020
Volume: Volume-7 Issue-2 (July-December)
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4308462

Biological synthesis, characterization, and application of the nanoparticles are an important and emerging area of current research. Applications of these nanoparticles in the plant growth is another virgin field to explore. The present investigation attempts to examine the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from rare medicinal and endemic plant Radermacheraxylocarpa(Roxb.) K. Schum. Leaf extract was used as a reducing agent for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles. The synthesized nanoparticles were confirmed by UV-Visible spectroscopy and characterized by FTIR, XRD, and TEM analysis. The effects of these nanoparticles were tested in seed germination, seedling growth, and chlorophyll studies. It showed inhibition in root and shoot growth in the case of Vignaradiata and Brassica juncea. The seedgermination in Brassica juncea was potentially affected by silver nanoparticles as compared to Vignaradiata. Reduction in chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-b and total chlorophyll was observed in the germinated seedlings after exposure to the silver nanoparticle.