Green production of silver nanoparticles, evaluation of their nematicidal activity against Meloidogyne javanica and their impact on growth of faba bean

Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 1 Effect of the different concentrations of cyanobacterium-based Ag-NP, ACE, AgNO₃ solutions on the percentage of egg hatching of Meloidogyne javanica

Treatments	Concentrations (%)	Egg hatching (%)	Reduction (%)
Cyanobacterium-based Ag-NPs	3	17.45fg	72.60
	6	13.38gh	78.99
	12	9.80hi	84.61
	25	5.05i	92.07
	50	3.40i	94.66
Aqueous extract of Nostoc sp. (ACE)	3	37.21c	41.58
	6	34.32cd	46.12
	12	24.59ef	61.37
	25	18.61fg	70.78
	50	11.97gh	81.20
AgNO₃ solution	3	53.57b	15.90
	6	52.73b	17.22
	12	28.64de	55.03
	25	13.85gh	78.25
	50	9.98hi	84.33
Control (distilled water)		63.70a	0.00

Mean values followed by a common letter(s) are not significantly different at the 5% level by DMRT