Influence of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Two Terrestrial Wild Plant Species.

Most current studies on the relationships between plans and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are focused on food crops, while the effects on spontaneous plants have been neglected so far. However, from an ecological perspective, the ENMs impacts on the wild plants could have dire consequences on food webs and ecosystem services. Therefore, they should not be considered less critical.

Single and Repeated Applications of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Differently Affect the Growth and Biomass Accumulation of . ().

Cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO) have a wide variety of applications in industry. Models demonstrated that CeO can reach environmental compartments. Studies regarding the relationships between plants and CeO considered only crop species, whereas a relevant knowledge gap exists regarding wild plant species.

Germination and Early Development of Three Spontaneous Plant Species Exposed to Nanoceria (CeO) with Different Concentrations and Particle Sizes.

This study aimed to provide insight regarding the influence of Ce oxide nanoparticles (CeO) with different concentrations and two different particle sizes on the germination and root elongation in seedlings of spontaneous terrestrial species. In a bench-scale experiment, seeds of the monocot, and dicots and were treated with solutions containing CeO 25 nm and 50 nm in the range 0-2000 mg Ce L. The results show that CeO enters within the plant tissues.