Green synthesis and characterization of copper nanoparticles for investigating their effect on germination and growth of wheat

• Humaira Kausar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Humaira Kausar, Ansar Mehmood

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

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• Ansar Mehmood ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Humaira Kausar, Ansar Mehmood

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ansar.mehmood321@gmail.com, ansarmehmood@upr.edu.pk

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6120-5646

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• Rizwan Taj Khan ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK), Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

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• Khawaja Shafique Ahmad ,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

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• Sajjad Hussain ,

  Roles Validation

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

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• Fahim Nawaz ,

  Roles Software

  Current address: Institute of Crop Science (340 h), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, MNS University of Agriculture Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Sajjad Iqbal ,

  Roles Software

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Nasir ,

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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• Tariq Saif Ullah

  Roles Resources

  ¶‡ RTK, KSA, SH, FN, MSI, MN and TSU also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

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