Evaluating Impacts of Biosynthetic Silver Nanoparticles on Morphophysiological Responses in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Table 1

Morphological indices of barley (Hordeum vulgare) after application of different AgNPs treatments.

Treatment (mg/L)	Fresh weight (g)		Dry weight (g)		Plant length (cm)
	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root	Shoot	Root
Control	6.67 ± 0.20^d	2.26 ± 0.15^d	0.43 ± 0.02^e	0.05 ± 0.005^c	20.6 ± 0.57^d	8.2 ± 0.57^d
50	15.30 ± 0.40^b	4.11 ± 0.10^c	0.86 ± 0.02^c	0.08 ± 0.005^b	24.3 ± 0.57^c	9.1 ± 0.57^c
100	23.50 ± 0.26^a	5.60 ± 0.15^b	2.3 ± 0.15^a	0.12 ± 0.005^a	28.6 ± 0.57^a	11.6 ± 0.57^b
150	23.43 ± 0.37^a	6.10 ± 0.10^a	2.2 ± 0.15^a	0.13 ± 0.005^a	28.3 ± 0.57^a	13.3 ± 0.57^a
200	14.87 ± 0.21^b	5.93 ± 0.10^ab	1.82 ± 0.02^b	0.12 ± 0.005^a	25.6 ± 0.57^b	9.3 ± 0.57^c
250	10.37 ± 0.24^c	2.31 ± 0.10^d	0.64 ± 0.03^d	0.04 ± 0.005^c	21.6 ± 0.57^d	8.5 ± 0.57^d

The data represent the mean of three replicates ± standard deviation (SD). The letters “a”–“e” denote significant differences between the treatments at a significant level of , as determined by Duncan’s test.