Nanotechnology in sustainable agriculture: Present concerns and future aspects
By R. Prasad, Vivek Kumar, K. Prasad. 2014
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Nanotechnology is a promising field of interdisciplinary research. It opens up a wide array of opportunities in various fields like medicine, pharmaceuticals, electronics and agriculture. The potential uses and benefits of nanotechnology are enormous. The current global population is nearly 7 */billion with 50% living in Asia. A large proportion of those living in developing countries face daily food shortages as a result of environmental impacts or political instability, while in the developed world there is surplus of food. For developing countries, the drive is to develop drought and pest resistant crops, which also maximize yield. The potential of nanotechnology to revolutionise the health care, textile, materials, information and communication technology, and energy sectors has been well publicized. The application of nanotechnology to agriculture and food industries is also getting attention nowadays. Investments in agriculture and food nanotechnologies carry increasing weight because their potential benefits range from improved food quality and safety to reduced agricultural inputs and improved processing and nutrition. While most investment is made primarily in developed countries, research advancements provide glimpses of potential applications in agricultural, food, and water safety that could have significant impacts on rural populations in developing countries. This review is concentrated on modern strategies used for the management of water, pesticides, limitations in the use of chemical pesticides and potential of nano-materials in sustainable agriculture management as modern approaches of nanotechnology. Key words: Agriculture, nanotechnology, nanofertilizer, nanoencapsulation, nanoherbicides.
Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Pollution
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- Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Growth of Wheat Under Heat Stress (2017, background): “In agriculture, nanotechnology could be employed to increase crop production under adverse conditions (Rai et al. 2012; Prasad et al. 2014).”
- A review on green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications (2017, background): “…nanoherbicides, nanocoating, and brilliant delivery system for plant nutrients are being utilized widely as a part of agribusiness with numerous production industries which contain 100–250 nm Ag-NPs that are more soluble in water, thereby increasing their activity (Prasad et al. 2014).”
- Nanotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture: Recent Developments, Challenges, and Perspectives (2017, background): “…renewable bio-resource, will continue decrease and substitute the harmful materials in established applications, and thus it will play a major role (the key strategic challenge) in the development of the technologies desired to address to 21st century (Prasad et al., 2014; Marzbani et al., 2015).”
- Biogenic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Scenedesmus abundans and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial Activity (2014, background): “But the possible hypothesis for themechanism related to the inhibition may be due to ionic binding of the AgNPs on the surface of the bacteria causing increase in the proton motive force; other hypothesis states that the nanoparticles enter into the cell and bind to the enzymes containing thiol grou”