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Fragmentation of nanoplastics driven by plant–microbe rhizosphere interaction during abiotic stress combination

Environmental Science Nano 2021 32 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Hakwon Yoon, Jun-Tae Kim, Yoon‐Seok Chang, Eun‐Ju Kim

Summary

In rhizosphere experiments, plant-microbe interactions under combined cadmium and nanoplastic stress generated fragmented nanoplastics that were taken up by plant roots, demonstrating that biotic soil processes can alter nanoplastic size and enhance plant exposure.

Plants can take up the fragmented nanoplastics generated by plant–microbe rhizosphere interactions upon combined exposure to cadmium and nanoplastics.

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