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Role of Cerium Compounds in Fusarium Wilt Suppression and Growth Enhancement in Tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>)
The use of nanoparticles
in plant protection may reduce pesticide
usage and contamination and increase food security. In this study,
three-week-old <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> seedlings were
exposed, by root or foliar pathways, to CeO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles
and cerium acetate at 50 and 250 mg/L prior to transplant into sterilized
soil. One week later, the soil was inoculated with the fungal pathogen <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>lycopersici</i> (1
g/kg), and the plants were cultivated to maturity in a greenhouse.
Disease severity, biomass/yield, and biochemical and physiological
parameters were analyzed in harvested plants. Disease severity was
significantly reduced by 250 mg/L of nano-CeO<sub>2</sub> and CeAc
applied to the soil (53% and 35%, respectively) or foliage (57% and
41%, respectively), compared with non-treated infested controls. Overall,
the findings show that nano-CeO<sub>2</sub> has potential to suppress
Fusarium wilt and improve the chlorophyll content in tomato plants