Exposure of cherry radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. Radculus Pers) to iron-based nanoparticles enhances its nutritional quality by trigging the essential elements

Noman Shakoor; Muhammad Adeel; Muhammad Zain; Peng Zhang; Muhammad Arslan Ahmad; Tahir Farooq; Pingfan Zhou; Imran Azeem; Muhammad Rizwan; Kerui Guo; Ghulam Jilani; Sunny Ahmar; Saliha Maqbool; Xu Ming; Yukui Rui

doi:10.1016/j.impact.2022.100388

Exposure of cherry radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. Radculus Pers) to iron-based nanoparticles enhances its nutritional quality by trigging the essential elements

NanoImpact. 2022 Jan:25:100388. doi: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100388. Epub 2022 Feb 4.

Authors

Noman Shakoor¹, Muhammad Adeel², Muhammad Zain³, Peng Zhang⁴, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad⁵, Tahir Farooq⁶, Pingfan Zhou¹, Imran Azeem¹, Muhammad Rizwan⁷, Kerui Guo¹, Ghulam Jilani⁷, Sunny Ahmar⁸, Saliha Maqbool⁹, Xu Ming¹⁰, Yukui Rui¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China.
² BNU-HKUST Laboratory of Green Innovation, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, 18 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Electronic address: Chadeel969@gmail.com.
³ Key Laboratory of Crop Water Use and Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Farmland Irrigation Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Xinxiang, Henan 453003, PR China.
⁴ School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK.
⁵ College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
⁶ Plant Protection Research Institute and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, PR China.
⁷ Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan.
⁸ Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China.
⁹ Department of soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, 55108, USA.
¹⁰ BNU-HKUST Laboratory of Green Innovation, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, 18 Jinfeng Road, Tangjiawan, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.
¹¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Farmland Soil Pollution Prevention and Remediation and College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, PR China. Electronic address: ruiyukui@163.com.

PMID: 35559894
DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2022.100388

Abstract

Iron (Fe) deficiency is a pervasive nutritional disorder, and producing vegetables enriched with Fe as a dietary source is imperative. Herein, Fe₃O₄, FeO(OH), α-Fe₂O₃, β-Fe₂O₃, γ-Fe₃O₄, and nZVI nanoparticles (NPs) were applied in soil as fertilizer to enhance the Fe nutrition in cherry radish. The highest enhancement of Fe content (58%) was observed in Fe₃O₄ treatment at 100 mg kg^-1, followed by FeO(OH) (49%), α-Fe₂O₃ (24%), nZVI (14%), β-Fe₂O₃ (13%) and γ-Fe₃O₄ (4%). The daily intake of Fe was 97-104% and 77-91% with Fe₃O₄ and FeO(OH) at 100-200 mg kg^-1, respectively. Moreover, the zinc, vitamin C and crude protein contents were also increased by 37, 48 and 67% under Fe₃O₄ treatment as compared to control. Fe₃O₄ at 100 mg kg^-1 also increased the essential amino acids (phenylalanine, leucine and isoleucine) contents by 11-14%. These data suggest that Fe₃O₄ and FeO(OH) NPs could be effective nanofertilizers to enhance Fe nutrition in plants.

Keywords: Amino acids; Bioaccumulation; Cherry radish; Fe-based nanoparticles; Iron daily intake; Nutritional components.

MeSH terms

Fertilizers
Iron
Nanoparticles*
Nutritive Value
Raphanus*

Substances

Fertilizers
Iron