PMID- 29644013
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240314
IS  - 1985-3718 (Print)
IS  - 2180-4249 (Electronic)
IS  - 1985-3718 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Mar
TI  - Effect of Functionalised and Non-Functionalised Carbon Nanotubes-Urea Fertilizer 
      on the Growth of Paddy.
PG  - 17-35
LID - 10.21315/tlsr2018.29.1.2 [doi]
AB  - The roles of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) and functionalised multiwalled 
      carbon nanotubes (fMWNTs) in enhancing the efficacy of urea fertilizer (UF) as 
      plant nutrition for local MR219 paddy variety was investigated. The MWNTs and 
      fMWNTs were grafted onto UF to produce UF-MWNTs fertilizer with three different 
      conditions, coded as FMU1 (0.6 wt. % fMWNTs), FMU2 (0.1 wt. % fMWNTs) and MU (0.6 
      wt. % MWNTs. The batches of MR219 paddy were systematically grown in accordance 
      to the general practice performed by the Malaysian Agricultural Research and 
      Development Institute (MARDI). The procedure was conducted using a pot under 
      exposure to natural light at three different fertilization times; after a certain 
      number of days of sowing (DAS) at 14, 35 and 55 days. Interestingly, it was found 
      that the crop growth of plants treated with FMU1 and FMU2 significantly increased 
      by 22.6% and 38.5% compared to plants with MU addition. Also, paddy treated with 
      FMU1 produced 21.4% higher number of panicles and 35% more grain yield than MU 
      while paddy treated with FMU2 gave 28.6% more number of panicles and 36% higher 
      grain yield than MU, which implies the advantage of fMWNTs over MWNTs to be 
      combined with UF as plant nutrition. The chemical composition and morphology of 
      UF-MWNTs fertilizers which is further characterised by FTiR and FESEM confirmed 
      the successful and homogeneous grafting of UF onto the fMWNTs.
FAU - Yatim, Norazlina Mohamad
AU  - Yatim NM
AD  - Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang 
      Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
FAU - Shaaban, Azizah
AU  - Shaaban A
AD  - Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang 
      Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
FAU - Dimin, Mohd Fairuz
AU  - Dimin MF
AD  - Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang 
      Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
FAU - Yusof, Faridah
AU  - Yusof F
AD  - Department of Biotechnology Engineering, Kulliyah of Engineering, International 
      Islamic University Malaysia, P.O. Box 10, 50728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Razak, Jeefferie Abd
AU  - Razak JA
AD  - Carbon Research Technology Research Group, Engineering Materials Department, 
      Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang 
      Tuah Jaya, 76100, Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180302
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Trop Life Sci Res
JT  - Tropical life sciences research
JID - 101539351
PMC - PMC5893230
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Functionalised
OT  - Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes
OT  - Paddy
OT  - Urea Fertilizer
EDAT- 2018/04/13 06:00
MHDA- 2018/04/13 06:01
PMCR- 2018/03/01
CRDT- 2018/04/13 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/04/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/04/13 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - tlsr-29-1-17 [pii]
AID - 10.21315/tlsr2018.29.1.2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Trop Life Sci Res. 2018 Mar;29(1):17-35. doi: 10.21315/tlsr2018.29.1.2. Epub 2018 
      Mar 2.