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Hormetic effect of silver nanoparticles on the micropropagation of Creole pineapple (Ananas comosus) Cover

Hormetic effect of silver nanoparticles on the micropropagation of Creole pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Folia Horticulturae
Volume 37 (2025): Issue 3 (December 2025)
By: José Ruben Torres-Ruiz,  Carmen Silverio-Gómez,  Sheila Jazmín Reyes-Zambrano,  Joaquín Adolfo Montes-Molina,  Amín Rodríguez-Meneses and  Carlos Alberto Lecona-Guzmán  
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|Apr 2026
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Effect of AgNPs on the induction of Creole pineapple shoots. A) control treatment, B) shoots with 25 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, C) shoots with 50 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, D) shoots with 100 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, E) shoots with 200 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, 30 days of induction; F) control treatment, G) shoots with 25 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, H) shoots with 50 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, I) shoots with 100 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, J) shoots with 200 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, 60 days of induction. The bar is equivalent to 1 cm. AgNPs, silver nanoparticles.

Figure 2.

Induction of Creole pineapple shoots with AgNPs + 1 mg · L−1 BAP. A) control treatment, B) shoots with 25 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, C) shoots with 50 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, D) shoots with 100 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, E) shoots with 200 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, 30 days of induction; F) control treatment, G) shoots with 25 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, H) shoots with 50 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, I) shoots with 100 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, J) shoots with 200 mg · L−1 of AgNPs, 60 days of induction. The bar is equivalent to 1 cm. AgNPs, silver nanoparticles; BAP, 6-benzylaminopurine.

Figure 3.

Quantification of chlorophyll in pineapple shoots obtained from different treatments with AgNPs. Different letters indicate significant differences. Tukey p ≤ 0.05. AgNPs, silver nanoparticles.

Figure 4.

Quantification of chlorophyll in pineapple shoots obtained from different treatments with AgNPs + 1 mg · L−1 BAP. Different letters indicate significant differences. Tukey p ≤ 0.05. AgNPs, silver nanoparticles; BAP, 6-benzylaminopurine.

Quantification of total phenols and antioxidant capacity in Creole pineapple shoots that were obtained in treatments with AgNPs alone or in combination with BAP_

AgNPs (mg · L−1)Treatments
MS medium + AgNPsMedium MS + AgNPs + 1 mg · L 1 BAP
Phenols (GAE mg · g−1 DW)IC50 (mg · g−1 DW)Phenols (GAE mg · g−1 DW)IC50 (mg · g−1 DW)
020.81 ± 0.015 a–d35.4518.74 ± 0.600 a–d4.98
2525.85 ± 0.008 d25.4518.16 ± 0.600 a–d4.64
5032.44 ± 0.018 c8.6021.35 ± 0.601 a2.96
10036.58 ± 0.015 b15.8220.19 ± 0.600 b3.82
20042.02 ± 0.008 a26.6819.52 ± 0.600 c4.39
LSD0.041–0.037–

Obtaining Creole pineapple shoots with AgNPs_

TreatmentsNumber of shoots
AgNPs (mg · L−1)BAP (mg · L−1)30 days60 days
002.67 ± 0.88 if5.0 ± 0.0 c
2501.67 ± 0.66 f2.0 ± 1.0 d
5006.0 ± 0.57 bc6.33 ± 0.33 c
10006.0 ± 0.58 bc6.0 ± 0.0 c
20003.33 ± 1.20 def5.0 ± 0.57 c
2514.67 ± 0.67 cde8.57 ± 0.33 b
5019.33 ± 0.67 a11.33 ± 0.88 a
10015.0 ± 1.0 bcd10.33 ± 0.33 a
20017.0 ± 0.0 b8.67 ± 0.33 b
LSD 2.261.36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2083-5965 | Journal ISSN: 0867-1761
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Language: English
Page range: 433 - 441
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2025
Accepted on: Dec 12, 2025
Published on: Apr 15, 2026
Published by: Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences (PSHS)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
antioxidant capacity,
hormesis,
nanoregulator,
organogenesis,
phenols
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other

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