S.No Treatment Germination inhibition(%)
100 250 500 750 1000
1 Control 0.0        
2 Free silver nanoparticles(AgNps) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3 Chitosan coated silver nanoparticles (CS-AgNps) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Free copper silver nanoparticles (CuNps) 10.0 25.0 65.0 75.0 90.0
5 Chitosan coated copper nanoparticles (CS-CuNps) 20.0 45.0 70.0 80.0 98.0
Table 4: Effect of nanoparticles on the spore germination inhibition (%) of N.rileyi