Plants more vulnerable to nanoparticles when parents grown in contaminated soil
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 07:01
in Biology & Nature
Plants are more vulnerable to toxic nanoparticles if their parents were grown in contaminated soil, according to the first multi-generational study on the safety of cerium oxide nanoparticles in agriculture, published in NanoImpact. The results highlight the importance of improving and increasing research on the impact of nanomaterials on plants.