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Carbon nanotubes as plant growth regulators: effects on tomato growth, reproductive system, and soil microbial community.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 14 Jan 2013
Khodakovskaya Mariya V, Kim Bong-Soo, Kim Jong Nam, Alimohammadi Mohammad, Dervishi Enkeleda, Mustafa Thikra, Cernigla Carl E
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Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can affect plant phenotype and the composition of soil microbiota. Tomato plants grown in soil supplemented with CNTs produce two times more flowers and fruit compared to plants grown in control soil. The effect of carbon nanotubes on microbial community of CN...
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