Nanotechnology in agriculture: Current status, challenges and future opportunities.
By Muhammad Usman, M. Farooq, A. Wakeel, Ahmad Nawaz, S. Cheema, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Imran Ashraf, M. Sanaullah. Science of the Total Environment, 2020
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Nanotechnology has shown promising potential to promote sustainable agriculture. This article reviews the recent developments on applications of nanotechnology in agriculture including crop production and protection with emphasis on nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, nanobiosensors and nano-enabled remediation strategies for contaminated soils. Nanomaterials play an important role regarding the fate, mobility and toxicity of soil pollutants and are essential part of different biotic and abiotic remediation strategies. Efficiency and fate of nanomaterials is strongly dictated by their properties and interactions with soil constituents which is also critically discussed in this review. Investigations into the remediation applications and fate of nanoparticles in soil remain scarce and are mostly limited to laboratory studies. Once entered in the soil system, nanomaterials may affect the soil quality and plant growth which is discussed in context of their effects on nutrient release in target soils, soil biota, soil organic matter and plant morphological and physiological responses. The mechanisms involved in uptake and translocation of nanomaterials within plants and associated defense mechanisms have also been discussed. Future research directions have been identified to promote the research into sustainable development of nano-enabled agriculture.
Subfields: Materials Chemistry, Pollution
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- Nanoparticle classification, physicochemical properties, characterization, and applications: a comprehensive review for biologists (2022, neutral): “In these cases, the farmers usually react by using excessive amounts of fertilizers, which increases crops productivity but has an environmental cost [288].”
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- Nanoparticle-Based Sustainable Agriculture and Food Science: Recent Advances and Future Outlook (2020, background): “The application of NMs in agriculture aims to reduce nutrient losses to increase yields, reduce the amounts of products for plant protection (Usman et al., 2020), and minimize the cost of production to maximize output.”
- Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs): a promising nanoparticle in renovating plant science (2021, background): “Presently, nanotechnology is considered as an effective solution to the problem of food security as it has the potential to increase production and quality of food as well as protection and detection of plant diseases (Usman et al. 2020; Fu et al. 2020).”