Influence of Different Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Biochemical Changes and Crop Productivity in Soybean Glycine max L

Abstract

newline Agriculture in the twenty-first century is at a stage where the challenges for producing more newlinefood for quicklyincreasingworld-wide population, volatile climate variation, declining newlineagricultural production, inconstant labour force, and augmented urbanization are the major newlinerestrains. These problems are intensifying ferociously that we need to implicate some modern newlinetechnologies and scientific approach for sustainable agriculture practises. Soybean has been newlineconventionally grown on a minor scale in Himachal Pradesh, the Kumaon Hills of newlineUttaranchal, eastern Bengal, the Khasi Hills, Manipur, the Naga Hills, and parts of central newlineIndia covering Madhya Pradesh. The field of nanotechnology is one of the most active areas newlineof research in modern materials science. Nanoparticles are well-knownas a stimulating agent newlinefor plant development and the initiationof metabolic progressions in plant and animal newlineorganisms. During the past decade, an assortment of investigativeexperimentations has been newlineaccompanied to gauge the probableimpression of nanotechnology on crop development. newlineThere is anenormouspossibility for applying nanoparticles and nanocapsules to plants for newlineagricultural practise. The present work represents the effect of different metal oxide newlinenanoparticles on the physiological and biochemical changes in soybean when administered in newlinevarying doses. The results shows that Iron-oxide nanoparticle at dose of 400ppm delivered a newlinemore encouragingresult in terms of germination, root and shoot length enhancement and SVI newlineas compared to copper oxide at 200ppm. After surpassing a limit both nanoparticles imposed newlinemetal toxicity resulting into growth and germination. Administration of iron-oxide and newlinecopper oxide nanoparticles resulted in increased soybean yield. The increase in yield was newlineobserved more in case of iron-oxide nanoparticles as compared to copper-oxide newlinenanoparticles. An increase in total protein, total phenolics, total antioxidant activity, total newlinelipid, total carbohydrate, total flavonoid and tot