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Extended Abstract

The Influence of Aqueous Ferns Extracts on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Root Growth †

by
Liliana Cristina Soare
1,
Irina Fierăscu
2,
Radu Claudiu Fierăscu
2,
Codruța Mihaela Dobrescu
1,*,
Andra Maria Niculae
1,
Anca Nicoleta Suțan
1,
Alina Păunescu
1,
Monica Popescu
1 and
Oana Alexandra Drăghiceanu
1
1
University of Pitesti, 1 Targul din Vale Street, 110040 Pitesti, Arges County, Romania
2
National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry—ICECHIM, 202 Spl. Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 16th International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a Sustainable Development” PRIOCHEM, Bucharest, Romania, 28–30 October 2020.
Proceedings 2020, 57(1), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057079
Published: 15 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 16th International Symposium “Priorities of Chemistry for a Sustainable Development” PRIOCHEM)
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In this study, we aimed to establish the influence of aqueous ferns extracts on the growth in length of the cucumber root. There were tested variants with aqueous extracts obtained from leaves of two species of ferns: Asplenium scolopendrium L. (As) and Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott (Dfm). Some variants with aqueous extracts also contained Ag nanoparticles (As NP, Dfm NP). In this experiment, we used two dilutions (1:10, 1:100) for each type of extract.
At the first (Figure 1—left) and the second (Figure 1—right) measurements, the highest values of root length were obtained at the variants with AgNPs regardless of dilution. After 5 days of exposure, the highest average root length was 42.73 mm and settled at As NP 1:100 variant (Figure 2—left). Generally, for the variants without nanoparticles, better results were recorded at 1:10 dilution (Figure 2—right) than at 1:100 dilution. AgNPs have a positive effect at low concentrations [1]. Cui et al. (2014) observed that cucumber root elongation was stimulated after exposure to AgNPs at concentrations below 200 mg L−1 [2].
During the experiment, all extracts stimulated the growth of the root length in C. sativus compared to the control.

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CCCDI-UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0332/Project 3, contract 6PCCDI/2018, within PNCDI III.

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  2. Cui, D.; Zhang, P.; Ma, Y.; He, X.; Li, Y.-Y.; Zhao, Y.-C.; Zhang, Z.-Y. Phytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles to cucumber (Cucumis sativus) and wheat (Triticum aestivum). J. Zhejiang Univ.-Sci. A Appl. Phys. Eng. 2014, 15, 662–670. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Figure 1. The influence of extracts on root growth in Cucumis sativus (left—after 3 days of exposure; right—after 4 days of exposure) (a, b, c, d – Duncan’s test results, comparisons made between Control and variants with extract).
Figure 1. The influence of extracts on root growth in Cucumis sativus (left—after 3 days of exposure; right—after 4 days of exposure) (a, b, c, d – Duncan’s test results, comparisons made between Control and variants with extract).
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Figure 2. Root growth in C. sativus—As NP 1:100, 5 days of exposure (left); root growth in C. sativus—Dfm 1:10, 5 days of exposure (right).
Figure 2. Root growth in C. sativus—As NP 1:100, 5 days of exposure (left); root growth in C. sativus—Dfm 1:10, 5 days of exposure (right).
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Soare, L.C.; Fierăscu, I.; Fierăscu, R.C.; Dobrescu, C.M.; Niculae, A.M.; Suțan, A.N.; Păunescu, A.; Popescu, M.; Drăghiceanu, O.A. The Influence of Aqueous Ferns Extracts on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Root Growth. Proceedings 2020, 57, 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057079

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Soare LC, Fierăscu I, Fierăscu RC, Dobrescu CM, Niculae AM, Suțan AN, Păunescu A, Popescu M, Drăghiceanu OA. The Influence of Aqueous Ferns Extracts on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Root Growth. Proceedings. 2020; 57(1):79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057079

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Soare, Liliana Cristina, Irina Fierăscu, Radu Claudiu Fierăscu, Codruța Mihaela Dobrescu, Andra Maria Niculae, Anca Nicoleta Suțan, Alina Păunescu, Monica Popescu, and Oana Alexandra Drăghiceanu. 2020. "The Influence of Aqueous Ferns Extracts on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Root Growth" Proceedings 57, no. 1: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057079

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Soare, L. C., Fierăscu, I., Fierăscu, R. C., Dobrescu, C. M., Niculae, A. M., Suțan, A. N., Păunescu, A., Popescu, M., & Drăghiceanu, O. A. (2020). The Influence of Aqueous Ferns Extracts on Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Root Growth. Proceedings, 57(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020057079

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