Swati1*, Hansa Kumari Jat1 and Arunabh Joshi2
1Rajasthan Agriculture Research Institute, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Email: swatijhajhria90@gmail.com
Received-03.11.2022, Revised-16.11.2022, Accepted-28.11.2022
Abstract: In agriculture, search for biopolymer derived materials are in high demand to replace the synthetic agrochemicals. In the present study, the efficacies of Cu-chitosan nanoparticles (NPs) to boost plant growth promotry activity against bacterial pustule disease of soybean were evaluated. Cu-chitosan NPs treated plants showed significant growth promotry effect in terms of plant height, root length, root weight, nodule number, weight of nodule, number of pod per plant and 100 seed weight in pot experiments. In field experiment, plant height, root length, root weight, nodule number, weight of nodule, number of pod per plant and 100 Seed weight were enhanced in NPs treatments. This is an important development in agriculture nanomaterial research where with biological control, biodegradable Cu-chitosan NPs are better compatible.
Keywords; Copper-chitosan Nanoparticles, Bacterial Pustule Disease, Soybean, Xanthomonas axonopodis
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