TY  - SER
AU  - Sandilya,Niharika
AU  - Bora,Tanujjal
AU  - Ricco,Raffaele
AU  - Datta,Xue,Avishek
ED  - AIT Scholarships,
TI  - Preparation of nanocellulose stabilized bio-available monosilicic acid and its application in tomato plants under water deficit conditions
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Pathum Thani
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Silicon in agriculture
KW  - Nanobiotechnology
KW  - Cellulose
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of  Master of Science in Bio-Nano Material Science and Engineering; Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2024
N2  - Silicon (Si) is an important and beneficial nutrient for plants, although it does not fulfil  the criteria of essentiality in most higher plants. Si can increase crop yield and  productivity by protecting the plants from various biotic and abiotic stresses and  providing mechanical resistance to the plant in unfavorable conditions and other stress  tolerance. The only form of silicon that plant can take up is monosilicic acid, also  known as orthosilicic acid. Although being the second most abundant element on the  earth{u2019}s crust, most of the Si is not available to plants due to rapid polymerization of  monosilicic acid to oligosilicic and polysilicic acids under high concentration (>2mM)  and high pH (>2) of the surroundings. The present study used nanocellulose, a  biocompatible natural polymer, for stabilizing monosilicic acid obtained from  tetraethyl orthosilicate at a very low pH level of 2. The product obtained was  characterized by SEM, EDS and Vibrational Spectroscopy, which demonstrated the  bonding of monosilicic acid to nanocellulose fibers through formation of hydrogen  bonds between hydroxyl groups of monosilicic acid and nanocellulose. The product  was tested upon Lukthar variety of tomato under water deficit conditions inside a  greenhouse setup. The interactive effects of three doses of NCF-MSA (37.5, 75, 112.5  kg/ha) and three soil moisture levels (50%, 75% and 100% Field Capacity) produced  significant differences in plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, number of flowers,  Leaf Relative Water Content at both flowering and fruiting stages and effective  quantum yield of PS II. Most of the significant differences observed in the study is  due to individual effects of moisture stress on plants.
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