Research Article

Evaluating Impacts of Biosynthetic Silver Nanoparticles on Morphophysiological Responses in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Table 1

Morphological indices of barley (Hordeum vulgare) after application of different AgNPs treatments.

Treatment (mg/L)Fresh weight (g)Dry weight (g)Plant length (cm)
ShootRootShootRootShootRoot

Control6.67 ± 0.20d2.26 ± 0.15d0.43 ± 0.02e0.05 ± 0.005c20.6 ± 0.57d8.2 ± 0.57d
5015.30 ± 0.40b4.11 ± 0.10c0.86 ± 0.02c0.08 ± 0.005b24.3 ± 0.57c9.1 ± 0.57c
10023.50 ± 0.26a5.60 ± 0.15b2.3 ± 0.15a0.12 ± 0.005a28.6 ± 0.57a11.6 ± 0.57b
15023.43 ± 0.37a6.10 ± 0.10a2.2 ± 0.15a0.13 ± 0.005a28.3 ± 0.57a13.3 ± 0.57a
20014.87 ± 0.21b5.93 ± 0.10ab1.82 ± 0.02b0.12 ± 0.005a25.6 ± 0.57b9.3 ± 0.57c
25010.37 ± 0.24c2.31 ± 0.10d0.64 ± 0.03d0.04 ± 0.005c21.6 ± 0.57d8.5 ± 0.57d

The data represent the mean of three replicates ± standard deviation (SD). The letters “a”–“e” denote significant differences between the treatments at a significant level of , as determined by Duncan’s test.