El-Shetehy, Mohamed http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-9815
Moradi, Aboubakr http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1757-6105
Maceroni, Mattia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2010-183X
Reinhardt, Didier
Petri-Fink, Alke http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-7849
Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7805-9366
Mauch, Felix
Schwab, Fabienne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-9994
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (168187, 168187, 51NF40-182881, 51NF40-182881, 51NF40-182881, 168187, 51NF40-182881)
Tanta University | Faculty of Science, Tanta University
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, Switzerland | Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
Adolphe Merkle Foundation
Article History
Received: 10 March 2020
Accepted: 30 October 2020
First Online: 14 December 2020
Competing interests
: Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Swiss National Science Foundation or the government. This work has not been subjected to Swiss National Science Foundation review, and no official endorsement should be inferred. F.S. and M.M. have a patent pending on a SiO<sub>2</sub> NP plant growth enhancer. F.S. was supported by Innosuisse (project no. 38515.1 IP-EE). Other than that, the authors have declared no conflict of interest and are responsible for the content and writing of the article.