Boosting Plant Growth and Plant Secondary Metabolite Production Using Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) : A Case Study on Medicinal and Industrial Crops
Titah Rigel Anjalani (a), Nurul Jadid (a*)

a) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Data Analytics Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember,
Surabaya 60111, Indonesia
*nuruljadid[at]bio.its.ac.id

Abstract

Interest and research progress has been made since the discovery of nanotechnology in 1959. Nowadays, Elicited plant in vitro cultures are gaining more interest for their potential in the production scale of industrially for application of these technology. The addition of nanoparticles, for instance, important to improve plant secondary metabolites. Nanoparticles recently emerged as new chemical elicitors acting as signaling agents affecting several processes in plant metabolism encompass their antimicrobial effects and enhancement of secondary metabolites. Moreover, their effects on seedling growth also reviewed. Among all nanoparticles, silver-nanoparticles are well-known for their antimicrobial and hormetic effects, with appropriate doses, led to the improvement of plant biomass as well as secondary metabolite accumulation. This review aims at highlighting and stating recent efforts toward evaluation of the integration of nanotechnology with plant tissue culture and especially conveyed on improving plant secondary metabolites. Here, we focus on medicinal plants and industrial crops: Stevia rebaudiana and Saccharum spp. We emphasized this review on the effect of AgNPs on plant growth and development, physiological, and phytochemical aspects. This updated review might provide a new perspective and alternative tools to enhance plant productivity and could be scaled up for the industrial production of pharmacologically potential metabolites.

Keywords: In vitro culture- Nanotechnology- Saccharum spp.- Secondary metabolite- Silver-nanoparticles- Stevia rebaudiana,

Topic: Biotechnology