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Seed treated with ZnO NPs not only protects seeds from microbial infections but also provides Zn to the crops after germination in the easily available form (Masuthi et al. 2009; Farooq et al. 2012). Seed priming with Zn NPs (34 nm) for 24 hours at 100 mg/L increased photosynthetic pigment content by 58% and stomatal conductance by 102% after 65 days of treatment. Moreover, the same treatment increased wheat plant height, tillers per plant, spike length, biomass yield, and grain yield by 16, 69, 87, 58, 36, and 185% respectively (Munir et al. 2018).