Data on rhizosphere pH, phosphorus uptake and wheat growth responses upon TiO2 nanoparticles application

Rafia Rafique; Zahra Zahra; Nasar Virk; Muhammad Shahid; Eric Pinelli; Jean Kallerhoff; Tae Jung Park; Muhammad Arshad

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.002

Data on rhizosphere pH, phosphorus uptake and wheat growth responses upon TiO₂ nanoparticles application

Data Brief. 2018 Feb 6:17:890-896. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.002. eCollection 2018 Apr.

Authors

Rafia Rafique^{1

2}, Zahra Zahra¹, Nasar Virk³, Muhammad Shahid⁴, Eric Pinelli⁵, Jean Kallerhoff⁵, Tae Jung Park², Muhammad Arshad¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Sector H-12, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
² Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea.
³ Atta-ur-Rehman School of Biological Sciences, National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Environmental Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Vehari 61100, Pakistan.
⁵ EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, l'Agrobiopôle, Toulouse 31326, France.

Abstract

In this study, the data sets and analyses provided the information on the characterization of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO₂ NPs), and their impacts on rhizosphere pH, and soil-bound phosphorus (P) availability to plants together with relevant parameters. For this purpose, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was cultivated in the TiO₂ NPs amended soil over a period of 60 days. After harvesting, the soil and plants were analyzed to examine the rhizosphere pH, P availability in rhizosphere soil, uptake in roots and shoots, biomass produced, chlorophyll content and translocation to different plant parts monitored by SEM and EDX techniques in response to different dosages of TiO₂ NPs. The strong relationship can be found among TiO₂ NPs application, P availability, and plant growth.

Keywords: Phosphorus; Rhizosphere pH; TiO2 NPs nanoparticles; Uptake; Wheat.