Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles
Fe3O4 (NPS-M) and FePO4 (NPS-P) nanoparticles, as representative magnetic materials, have been widely used in the industrial and biomedical fields, although their use in agriculture still needs to be evaluated. The effect of NPS-M and NPS-P in tomato plants was investigated by a combination of pheno...
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| author | Valerio Petruccelli Emanuele Vaccarella Emma Cocco Francesco Mura Domenico Rosa Alessio Talone Martina Iazzetta Chiara Dal Bosco Alessandra Gentili Luca Di Palma Silvia Canepari Gabriella Pasqua Elisa Brasili Lorenzo Massimi |
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| description | Fe3O4 (NPS-M) and FePO4 (NPS-P) nanoparticles, as representative magnetic materials, have been widely used in the industrial and biomedical fields, although their use in agriculture still needs to be evaluated. The effect of NPS-M and NPS-P in tomato plants was investigated by a combination of phenotypic and metabolic approaches. Tomato plants were grown in soil treated with NPS-M and NPS-P at 0, 5, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 ppm for 8 months. Plant biomass, phenolics and carotenoids in leaves and fruits, soil pH, chlorophyll, and ionome of soil, fruits, roots and leaves, were analysed. NPS-M and NPS-P at higher concentrations increased biomass, total chlorophyll and carotenoid levels in leaves compared to controls. NPS-P caused the major soil acidification, making some nutrients more available to the roots. Although no significant differences were observed in fruit carotenoids, a significant increase in chlorogenic and luteone hexoside levels was observed after NPs treatment at low concentrations compared to controls. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) revealed that both NPs compared to EDTA-based chelators resulted in differential element accumulation in roots, leaves/fruits. EDTA-based treatments increased leaf accumulation of Cr, As, K, P, while both NPs increased leaf accumulation of Ca, Co, Sr, Ti, V. Fruit accumulation of Ca, K, and Rb was higher with NPs, while Na, Mg, and P were higher with EDTA-based chelators. The obtained results offer new insights into the response of tomato plants to NPS-M and NPS-P exposure and could be useful for designing alternative strategies to the use of commercial fertilizers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c747ae5e9fb648e891aa2e0fda9a336b2025-08-20T03:41:26ZengElsevierPlant Nano Biology2773-11112025-08-011310018210.1016/j.plana.2025.100182Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticlesValerio Petruccelli0Emanuele Vaccarella1Emma Cocco2Francesco Mura3Domenico Rosa4Alessio Talone5Martina Iazzetta6Chiara Dal Bosco7Alessandra Gentili8Luca Di Palma9Silvia Canepari10Gabriella Pasqua11Elisa Brasili12Lorenzo Massimi13Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment & UdR INSTM, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Via Eudossiana 18, Roma 00184, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Chemistry, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment & UdR INSTM, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Via Eudossiana 18, Roma 00184, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyDepartment of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, Italy; Corresponding author.Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza-Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma 00185, ItalyFe3O4 (NPS-M) and FePO4 (NPS-P) nanoparticles, as representative magnetic materials, have been widely used in the industrial and biomedical fields, although their use in agriculture still needs to be evaluated. The effect of NPS-M and NPS-P in tomato plants was investigated by a combination of phenotypic and metabolic approaches. Tomato plants were grown in soil treated with NPS-M and NPS-P at 0, 5, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 ppm for 8 months. Plant biomass, phenolics and carotenoids in leaves and fruits, soil pH, chlorophyll, and ionome of soil, fruits, roots and leaves, were analysed. NPS-M and NPS-P at higher concentrations increased biomass, total chlorophyll and carotenoid levels in leaves compared to controls. NPS-P caused the major soil acidification, making some nutrients more available to the roots. Although no significant differences were observed in fruit carotenoids, a significant increase in chlorogenic and luteone hexoside levels was observed after NPs treatment at low concentrations compared to controls. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) revealed that both NPs compared to EDTA-based chelators resulted in differential element accumulation in roots, leaves/fruits. EDTA-based treatments increased leaf accumulation of Cr, As, K, P, while both NPs increased leaf accumulation of Ca, Co, Sr, Ti, V. Fruit accumulation of Ca, K, and Rb was higher with NPs, while Na, Mg, and P were higher with EDTA-based chelators. The obtained results offer new insights into the response of tomato plants to NPS-M and NPS-P exposure and could be useful for designing alternative strategies to the use of commercial fertilizers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277311112500049XNanoparticlesSolanum lycopersicumIonomicsMetabolic profiling |
| spellingShingle | Valerio Petruccelli Emanuele Vaccarella Emma Cocco Francesco Mura Domenico Rosa Alessio Talone Martina Iazzetta Chiara Dal Bosco Alessandra Gentili Luca Di Palma Silvia Canepari Gabriella Pasqua Elisa Brasili Lorenzo Massimi Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles Plant Nano Biology Nanoparticles Solanum lycopersicum Ionomics Metabolic profiling |
| title | Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles |
| title_full | Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles |
| title_fullStr | Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles |
| title_short | Physiological, metabolic and ionomic responses of Solanum lycopersicum plants to Fe3O4 and FePO4 nanoparticles |
| title_sort | physiological metabolic and ionomic responses of solanum lycopersicum plants to fe3o4 and fepo4 nanoparticles |
| topic | Nanoparticles Solanum lycopersicum Ionomics Metabolic profiling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277311112500049X |
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