SILVER BASED NANOPARTICLE FOR SEED PRIMING OF MEDICINAL AND HERBAL PLANTS

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been essential to the global evolution of human cultures. Many abiotic and biotic processes affect the growth and development of plants. Seedling establishment and germination are important phases in the plant life cycle and efficient seed germination encourages successful establishment and deep root system of plants. Through the production of various physiological and metabolic changes, priming has been shown to have a noteworthy impact. This review summarises the studies of various medicinal and herbal plants by using nano-priming of seeds. A literature search was conducted with the help of electronic databases like Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, Sci Finder, and ONOS. The search was conducted using the keywords Medicinal Plants, Seed priming, nanotechnology, silver nanoparticle, germination. The studies have shown that the use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as nanopriming agent for enhancing seed germination is a step towards sustainable agriculture. This process is suitable for small seed plants. This study gathered information on the seed germination using silver nanoparticles on various medicinal plants.