Juárez-Maldonado1 A, JL Rosales-Velázquez2, H Ortega-Ortiz3, M Cabrera-De-la-Fuente1, H Ramírez1, A Benavides-Mendoza1
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.82, pp. 91-97, 2013, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2013.82.091
Abstract Nanotechnology is currently an important worldwide study field because it provides control on matter at a nanometric scale. In food and agricultural fields, the applications of this technology are in early stages. Onion is one of the main vegetables grown in the world. Onion is a low calorie food which contains a large amount of flavonoids. In this work, silver nitrate application in onion was evaluated. An onion crop was developed at the University Antonio Narro in Saltillo, Mexico. Two methods of silver nitrate application were used (a nutritive solution: 0, 20, 40 and 80 mg/L of AgNO3; and foliar… More >
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