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Rico CM, Majumdar S, Duarte-Gardea M, Peralta-Videa JR, Gardea-Torresdey JL (2011a)
Interaction of nanoparticles with edible plants and their possible implications in the food chain.
J Agric Food Chem 59:3485–3498
Rico A, Waichman AV, Geber-Correa R, Van den Brink PJ (2011b) Effects of malathion and carbendazim on Amazonian freshwater organisms: comparison of tropical and temperate species
sensitivity distributions. Ecotoxicology 20:625–634
Rico CM, Hong J, Morales MI, Zhao L, Barrios AC, Zhang JY, Peralta-Videa JR, Gardea-Torresdey
JL (2013a) Effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on rice: a study involving the antioxidant
defense system and in vivo fluorescence imaging. Environ Sci Technol 47:5635–5642
Rico CM, Morales MI, Barrios AC, McCreary R, Hong J, Lee WY, Nunez J, Peralta-Videa JR,
Gardea-Torresdey JL (2013b) Effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the quality of rice
(Oryza sativa L.) grains. J Agric Food Chem 61:11278–11285
Roche RDT, Servin A, Hawthorne J (2015) Terrestrial trophic transfer of bulk and nanoparticle
La 2 O 3 does not depend on particle size. Environ Sci Technol 49:11866–11874
Roduner E (2006) Size matters: why nanomaterials are different. Chem Soc Rev 35:583–592
Sabo-Attwood T, Unrine JM, Stone JW, Murphy CJ, Ghoshroy S, Blom D, Bertsch PM, Newman
LA (2012) Uptake, distribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in tobacco (Nicotiana xanthi)
seedlings. Nanotoxicology 6:353–360
Safavi K (2014) Effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in plant tissue culture media for enhance
resistance to bacterial activity. Bull Environ Pharmacol Life Sci 3:163–166
Santos SMA, Dinis AM, Rodrigues DMF, Peixoto F, Videira RA, Jurado AS (2013) Studies on the
toxicity of an aqueous suspension of C 60 nanoparticles using a bacterium (Gen. Bacillus) and
an aquatic plant (Lemna gibba) as in vitro model systems. Aquat Toxicol 142–143:347–354
Schauermann S, Nilius N, Shaikhutdinov S, Freund HJ (2013) Nanoparticles for heterogeneous
catalysis: new mechanistic insights. Acc Chem Res 46:1673–1681
Seeger EM, Baun A, Kastner M, Trapp S (2009) Insignificant acute toxicity of TiO 2 nanoparticles
to willow trees. J Soils Sediments 9:46–53
Shah V, Belozerova I (2009) Influence of metal nanoparticles on the soil microbial community and
germination of lettuce seeds. Water Air Soil Pollut 197:143–148
Shen CX, Zhang QF, Li J, Bi FC, Yao N (2010) Induction of programmed cell death in Arabidopsis
and rice by single-wall carbon nanotubes. Am J Bot 97:1602–1609
Slomberg DL, Schoenfisch MH (2012) Nanoparticle phytotoxicity to Arabidopsis thaliana.
Environ Sci Technol 46:10247–10254
Smirnova E, Gusev A, Zaytsev O, Sheina O, Tkachev A, Kuznetsova E, Lazareva E, Onishchenko
G, Feofanov A, Kirpichnikov M (2012) Uptake and accumulation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes change the morphometric and biochemical characteristics of Onobrychis arenaria seedlings. Front Chem Sci Eng 6:132–138
Song U, Shin M, Lee G, Roh J, Kim Y, Lee EJ (2013) Functional analysis of TiO 2 nanoparticle
toxicity in three plant species. Biol Trace Elem Res 155:93–103
Speranza A, Crinelli R, Scoccianti V, Taddei AR, Iacobucci M, Bhattacharya P, Ke PC (2013) In
vitro toxicity of silver nanoparticles to kiwifruit pollen exhibits peculiar traits beyond the cause
of silver ion release. Environ Pollut 179:258–267
Stampoulis D, Sinha SK, White JC (2009) Assay-dependent phytotoxicity of nanoparticles to
plants. Environ Sci Technol 43:9473–9479
Su M, Hong F, Liu C, Wu X, Liu X, Chen L, Gao F, Yang F, Li Z (2007) Effects of nano-anatase
TiO 2 on absorption, distribution of light and photoreduction activities of chloroplast membrane
of spinach. Biol Trace Elem Res 118:120–130
Su M, Liu C, Qu C, Zheng L, Chen L, Huang H, Liu X, Wu X, Hong F (2008a) Nano-anatase
relieves the inhibition of electron transport caused by linolenic acid in chloroplasts of spinach.
Biol Trace Elem Res 122:73–81
Su M, Liu J, Yin S, Ma L, Hong F (2008b) Effects of nanoanatase on the photosynthetic improvement of chloroplast damaged by linolenic acid. Biol Trace Elem Res 124:173–183
Thuesombat P, Hannongbua S, Akasit S, Chadchawan S (2014) Effect of silver nanoparticles
on rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. KDML 105) seed germination and seedling growth. Ecotoxicol
Environ Saf 104:302–309
V. Kumar et al.
Rico CM, Majumdar S, Duarte-Gardea M, Peralta-Videa JR, Gardea-Torresdey JL (2011a)
Interaction of nanoparticles with edible plants and their possible implications in the food chain.
J Agric Food Chem 59:3485–3498
Rico A, Waichman AV, Geber-Correa R, Van den Brink PJ (2011b) Effects of malathion and carbendazim on Amazonian freshwater organisms: comparison of tropical and temperate species
sensitivity distributions. Ecotoxicology 20:625–634
Rico CM, Hong J, Morales MI, Zhao L, Barrios AC, Zhang JY, Peralta-Videa JR, Gardea-Torresdey
JL (2013a) Effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on rice: a study involving the antioxidant
defense system and in vivo fluorescence imaging. Environ Sci Technol 47:5635–5642
Rico CM, Morales MI, Barrios AC, McCreary R, Hong J, Lee WY, Nunez J, Peralta-Videa JR,
Gardea-Torresdey JL (2013b) Effect of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the quality of rice
(Oryza sativa L.) grains. J Agric Food Chem 61:11278–11285
Roche RDT, Servin A, Hawthorne J (2015) Terrestrial trophic transfer of bulk and nanoparticle
La 2 O 3 does not depend on particle size. Environ Sci Technol 49:11866–11874
Roduner E (2006) Size matters: why nanomaterials are different. Chem Soc Rev 35:583–592
Sabo-Attwood T, Unrine JM, Stone JW, Murphy CJ, Ghoshroy S, Blom D, Bertsch PM, Newman
LA (2012) Uptake, distribution and toxicity of gold nanoparticles in tobacco (Nicotiana xanthi)
seedlings. Nanotoxicology 6:353–360
Safavi K (2014) Effect of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in plant tissue culture media for enhance
resistance to bacterial activity. Bull Environ Pharmacol Life Sci 3:163–166
Santos SMA, Dinis AM, Rodrigues DMF, Peixoto F, Videira RA, Jurado AS (2013) Studies on the
toxicity of an aqueous suspension of C 60 nanoparticles using a bacterium (Gen. Bacillus) and
an aquatic plant (Lemna gibba) as in vitro model systems. Aquat Toxicol 142–143:347–354
Schauermann S, Nilius N, Shaikhutdinov S, Freund HJ (2013) Nanoparticles for heterogeneous
catalysis: new mechanistic insights. Acc Chem Res 46:1673–1681
Seeger EM, Baun A, Kastner M, Trapp S (2009) Insignificant acute toxicity of TiO 2 nanoparticles
to willow trees. J Soils Sediments 9:46–53
Shah V, Belozerova I (2009) Influence of metal nanoparticles on the soil microbial community and
germination of lettuce seeds. Water Air Soil Pollut 197:143–148
Shen CX, Zhang QF, Li J, Bi FC, Yao N (2010) Induction of programmed cell death in Arabidopsis
and rice by single-wall carbon nanotubes. Am J Bot 97:1602–1609
Slomberg DL, Schoenfisch MH (2012) Nanoparticle phytotoxicity to Arabidopsis thaliana.
Environ Sci Technol 46:10247–10254
Smirnova E, Gusev A, Zaytsev O, Sheina O, Tkachev A, Kuznetsova E, Lazareva E, Onishchenko
G, Feofanov A, Kirpichnikov M (2012) Uptake and accumulation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes change the morphometric and biochemical characteristics of Onobrychis arenaria seedlings. Front Chem Sci Eng 6:132–138
Song U, Shin M, Lee G, Roh J, Kim Y, Lee EJ (2013) Functional analysis of TiO 2 nanoparticle
toxicity in three plant species. Biol Trace Elem Res 155:93–103
Speranza A, Crinelli R, Scoccianti V, Taddei AR, Iacobucci M, Bhattacharya P, Ke PC (2013) In
vitro toxicity of silver nanoparticles to kiwifruit pollen exhibits peculiar traits beyond the cause
of silver ion release. Environ Pollut 179:258–267
Stampoulis D, Sinha SK, White JC (2009) Assay-dependent phytotoxicity of nanoparticles to
plants. Environ Sci Technol 43:9473–9479
Su M, Hong F, Liu C, Wu X, Liu X, Chen L, Gao F, Yang F, Li Z (2007) Effects of nano-anatase
TiO 2 on absorption, distribution of light and photoreduction activities of chloroplast membrane
of spinach. Biol Trace Elem Res 118:120–130
Su M, Liu C, Qu C, Zheng L, Chen L, Huang H, Liu X, Wu X, Hong F (2008a) Nano-anatase
relieves the inhibition of electron transport caused by linolenic acid in chloroplasts of spinach.
Biol Trace Elem Res 122:73–81
Su M, Liu J, Yin S, Ma L, Hong F (2008b) Effects of nanoanatase on the photosynthetic improvement of chloroplast damaged by linolenic acid. Biol Trace Elem Res 124:173–183
Thuesombat P, Hannongbua S, Akasit S, Chadchawan S (2014) Effect of silver nanoparticles
on rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. KDML 105) seed germination and seedling growth. Ecotoxicol
Environ Saf 104:302–309
V. Kumar et al.