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Se Nanoparticles Induce Changes in the Growth, Antioxidant Responses, and Fruit Quality of Tomato Developed under NaCl Stress

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Maestría en Ciencias en Horticultura, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo COA 25315, Mexico
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Departamento de Síntesis de Polímeros, Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Saltillo COA 25294, Mexico
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CONACyT-Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Ciudad de México 07730, Mexico
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Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Tulancingo HID 43600, Mexico
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Departamento de Horticultura, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo COA 25315, Mexico
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Departamento de Botánica, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo COA 25315, Mexico
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Academic Editor: Yangchao Luo
Molecules 2019, 24(17), 3030; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173030
Received: 22 July 2019 / Revised: 15 August 2019 / Accepted: 18 August 2019 / Published: 21 August 2019
Nanotechnology represents an opportunity to improve the use of elements in agriculture. Selenium is an element that is beneficial to plants and essential to the human diet. The size of nanoparticles gives them characteristics that can enhance the benefits that selenium provides to plants. The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of selenium nanoparticles on the growth, antioxidant responses, and fruit quality of tomato developed under NaCl stress. Four doses of selenium nanoparticles (1, 5, 10, and 20 mg L−1) under NaCl stress, only NaCl, and a control were evaluated. The results showed that the impact of salinity on the growth of the tomato crop can be reduced with the application of selenium nanoparticles. However, the amount of both enzymatic and non-enzymatic compounds significantly increased in the leaves and fruits of tomato. The results suggest that the application of selenium nanoparticles generated a positive effect against salinity in the tomato crop; moreover, it had a positive impact on the content of beneficial biocompounds for human health in tomato fruits. View Full-Text
Keywords: nanotechnology; abiotic stress; antioxidants; lycopene; β-carotene; human health nanotechnology; abiotic stress; antioxidants; lycopene; β-carotene; human health
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Morales-Espinoza, M.C.; Cadenas-Pliego, G.; Pérez-Alvarez, M.; Hernández-Fuentes, A.D.; Cabrera de la Fuente, M.; Benavides-Mendoza, A.; Valdés-Reyna, J.; Juárez-Maldonado, A. Se Nanoparticles Induce Changes in the Growth, Antioxidant Responses, and Fruit Quality of Tomato Developed under NaCl Stress. Molecules 2019, 24, 3030. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173030

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Morales-Espinoza MC, Cadenas-Pliego G, Pérez-Alvarez M, Hernández-Fuentes AD, Cabrera de la Fuente M, Benavides-Mendoza A, Valdés-Reyna J, Juárez-Maldonado A. Se Nanoparticles Induce Changes in the Growth, Antioxidant Responses, and Fruit Quality of Tomato Developed under NaCl Stress. Molecules. 2019; 24(17):3030. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173030

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Morales-Espinoza, Mónica C., Gregorio Cadenas-Pliego, Marissa Pérez-Alvarez, Alma D. Hernández-Fuentes, Marcelino Cabrera de la Fuente, Adalberto Benavides-Mendoza, Jesús Valdés-Reyna, and Antonio Juárez-Maldonado. 2019. "Se Nanoparticles Induce Changes in the Growth, Antioxidant Responses, and Fruit Quality of Tomato Developed under NaCl Stress" Molecules 24, no. 17: 3030. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24173030

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