Rojo, Cynthia
Carmona, Erico R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8543-8877
Hernández-Saravia, Lucas Patricio
Villacorta, Aliro
Marcos, Ricard
Carevic, Felipe S.
Apablaza, Venecia Herrera
Nelson, Ronald
Funding for this research was provided by:
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (IDeA I + D ID21I10130)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2024
Accepted: 28 May 2024
First Online: 19 June 2024
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: The development of nanotechnology requires sustainable methodologies to produce nanomaterials for the industry. Organic residues from the domiciliary and agronomical sectors could be a suitable alternative to explore biowaste resources to synthesize metallic nanoparticles mediated green synthesis. This article reports on using orange peel waste extracts to synthesize iron oxide nanoparticles in an effective one-step process without additional stabilizers, hazard-reducing agents, and temperature. Spectroscopic, microscopic, and crystallographic techniques corroborated the synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles by bioreduction mechanism. In addition, using the seed nanopriming technique, nanoscale iron showed biofortification and growth stimulation on seeds and seedlings of <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>. Applying magnetite NPs as a nanopriming agent could be considered a sustainable strategy to improve the yield and biofortify crops with a deficiency of Fe.
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