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Exposure Of Candyland Red Tomatoes (¬Solanum Lycopersicum L.) To Various Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: Full Life Cycle And Assessment Of Fruit Quality, Jesus Manuel Cantu

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

The use of nanotechnology in agriculture has attained high interest to enhance crop production due to their unique properties. Moreover, metal oxide nanomaterials can potentially supplement nutrients, enhance plant growth, and crop production. When investigating fruits' nutritional quality, carbohydrates and phytonutrients (bioactive compounds) play important roles. Therefore, it is important to understand how nanomaterials will affect the quality of tomato fruits. In this dissertation, various metal oxides were synthesized and applied to Candyland Red tomato seedlings to assess the plant growth and tomato production. In the first investigation, Candyland Red tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) were exposed to synthesized pristine CuO and …