1Department of Botany, Dr. Rafiq Zakaria College for Women, Aurangabad
2Department of Botany, Rashtrapita Mahatma Gandhi College, Saoli, Chandrapur
Department of Botany, Government College of Arts and Science, Aurangabad
Online published on 3 July, 2023.
Myco-nanoparticles have several applications in the field of medicine and agriculture. During present study an endophytic fungi, Didymella glomerata was isolated from host plant Maytenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding Hou and used for biosynthesis of extracellular silver nanoparticles (AgNP). The nanoparticles were then used to assess their effect on growth of 7 plants. Seed dressing with biosynthesized AgNPs resulted into seed germination as well as root and shoot elongation in Chickpea (Cicer ariantum), Jowar (Sorghum bicolor), mungbean (Vigna radiata (mung), pigeon pea (Cajans cajan), safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), soybean (Glycine max) and sunflower (Helianthus annus). However, the effect varied with the concentration of AgNPs used for seed treatment.
Endophyte, Didymella glomerata, AgNP, Seed germination, Root and shoot
