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Influence of Single and Combined Mixtures of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Eggplant Growth, Yield, and Verticillium Wilt Severity

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PLANT DISEASE
Volume 105, Issue 4, Pages 1153-1161

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AMER PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-20-1636-RE

Keywords

CuO; disease management; disease suppression; fungi; Mn2O3; nanoparticles; vegetables; Verticillium dahliae; ZnO

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  1. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture AFRI [2016-67021-24985]
  2. USDA Agricultural Research Service Hatch grants [CONH00647, CONH00655]

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According to the study, using copper oxide nanoparticles alone significantly increased eggplant fruit yield and disease suppression, but the effectiveness was reduced when combined with other nanoparticles. Combining copper oxide with zinc oxide in greenhouse experiments promoted growth and disease suppression, but the results were mixed in field experiments.
Verticillium wilt, caused by Verticillium dahliae, is one of the major diseases of eggplants. Nanoparticles (NPs) of CuO, Mn2O3, and ZnO were sprayed alone onto leaves of young eggplants and in different combinations and rates, and then seedlings were transplanted into soil infested with V. dahliae in the greenhouse and field between 2015 and 2018. All combinations of NPs were consistently less effective than CuO NPs applied alone at 500 mg/ml at increasing disease suppression, biomass, and fruit yield. CuO NPs were associated with an increase in fruit yield (17 and 33% increase) and disease suppression (28 and 22% reduction) in 2016 and 2017, respectively, when compared with untreated controls. However, this effect was negated in the greenhouse and field experiments when CuO NPs were combined with Mn2O3. Combining NPs of CuO with ZnO resulted in variable effects; amendments increased growth and suppressed disease in greenhouse experiments, but results were mixed in the field. Leaf tissue analyses from the greenhouse experiments showed that Cu concentration in leaves was reduced when CuO NPs were combined with other NPs, even when application rates were the same amount. A simple competition for entry sites may explain why combinations of CuO NPs and Mn2O3 NPs reduced efficacy but does not explain the lack of inhibition between Cu and Zn. NPs of CuO performed better than their larger bulk equivalent, and studies on application rate found 500 mg/ml was optimal. No phytotoxicity, as determined, by leaf burning, necrotic spots, or dead apical buds was noted even at the highest combined rates of 1,500 mg/ml.

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