Cobalt oxide nanoparticles: An effective growth promoter of Arabidopsis plants and nano-pesticide against bacterial leaf blight pathogen in rice

作者：Solabomi Olaitan Ogunyemi, Xinyan Xu, Lihui Xu, Yasmine Abdallah, Muhammad Rizwan, Luqiong Lv, Temoor Ahmed, Hayssam M. Ali, Fahad Khan, Chengqi Yan, Jianping Chen, Bin Li · 发表于：Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114935 · 被引用次数：32 · 研究领域：Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications、Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement、Silicon Effects in Agriculture

Recently, the application of cobalt oxide nanoparticles (Co3O4NPs) has gained popularity owing to its magnetic, catalytic, optical, antimicrobial, and biomedical properties. However, studies on its use as a crop protection agent and its effect on photosynthetic apparatus are yet to be reported. Here, Co3O4NPs were first green synthesized using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis flower extract and were characterized using UV–Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission/scanning electron microscopy methods. Formation of the Co3O4NPs was attested based on surface plasmon resonance at 210 nm. XRD assay showed that the samples were crystalline having a mean size of 34.9 nm. The Co3O4NPs at 200 µg/ml inhibited the growth (OD600 = 1.28) and biofilm formation (OD570 = 1.37) of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) respectively, by 72.87% and 79.65%. Rice plants inoculated with Xoo had disease leaf area percentage (DLA %) of 57.25% which was significantly reduced to 11.09% on infected plants treated with 200 µg/ml Co3O4NPs. Also, plants treated with 200 µg/ml Co3O4NPs only had significant increment in shoot length, root length, fresh weight, and dry weight in comparison to plants treated with double distilled water. The application of 200 µg/ml Co3O4NPs on the Arabidopsis plant significantly increased the photochemical efficacy of PSII (ΦPSII) and photochemical quenching (qP) respectively, by 149.10% and 125.00% compared to the control while the n...