Effects of the exposure of TiO nanoparticles on basil (Ocimum basilicum) for two generations.

There is a lack of information about the transgenerational effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO) in plants. This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of successive exposure of nano-TiO with different surface properties to basil (Ocimum basilicum). Seeds from plants exposed or re-exposed to pristine, hydrophobic, or hydrophilic nano-TiO were cultivated for 65 days in soil unamended or amended with 750 mg·kg of the respective particles.