Vermicompost: Enhancing plant growth and combating abiotic and biotic stress

S Rehman, F De Castro, A Aprile, M Benedetti… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Extensive application of agrochemicals for crop production and protection has negatively
affected soil health, crop productivity, and the environment. Organic amendments have been …

Role of nanoparticles in enhancing crop tolerance to abiotic stress: A comprehensive review

MT El-Saadony, AM Saad, SM Soliman… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Plants are subjected to a wide range of abiotic stresses, such as heat, cold, drought, salinity,
flooding, and heavy metals. Generally, abiotic stresses have adverse impacts on plant …

Role of silica nanoparticles in abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants: a review

L Wang, C Ning, T Pan, K Cai - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The demand for agricultural crops continues to escalate with the rapid growth of the
population. However, extreme climates, pests and diseases, and environmental pollution …

Silica nanoparticles boost growth and productivity of cucumber under water deficit and salinity stresses by balancing nutrients uptake

A Alsaeedi, H El-Ramady, T Alshaal… - Plant Physiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The role of amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) in enhancing growth and yield of
cucumber under water deficit and salinity stresses was assessed. A field experiment under …

Phytonanotechnology applications in modern agriculture

M Jiang, Y Song, MK Kanwar, GJ Ahammed… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
With the rapidly changing global climate, the agricultural systems are confronted with more
unpredictable and harsh environmental conditions than before which lead to compromised …

Silica nanoparticles as novel sustainable approach for plant growth and crop protection

P Goswami, J Mathur, N Srivastava - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Agriculture crops encounter several biotic and abiotic stresses, including pests, diseases,
nutritional deficits, and climate change, which necessitate the development of new …

Minimizing the adversely impacts of water deficit and soil salinity on maize growth and productivity in response to the application of plant growth-promoting …

EM Hafez, HS Osman, SM Gowayed, SA Okasha… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of new approaches for sustaining soil quality, leaf health, and maize
productivity are imperative in light of water deficit and soil salinity. Plant growth-promoting …

Glycine betaine counters salinity stress by maintaining high K+/Na+ ratio and antioxidant defense via limiting Na+ uptake in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

MR Sofy, N Elhawat, T Alshaal - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reports the role of exogenous glycine betaine (25 and 50 mM GB at a rate of 50
mL per plant) in enhancing NaCl-stress tolerance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) …

Silicon nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture: synthesis, absorption, and plant stress alleviation

G Yan, Q Huang, S Zhao, Y Xu, Y He… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Silicon (Si) is a widely recognized beneficial element in plants. With the emergence of
nanotechnology in agriculture, silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) demonstrate promising …

[HTML][HTML] Biostimulant substances for sustainable agriculture: Origin, operating mechanisms and effects on cucurbits, leafy greens, and nightshade vegetables species

F Cristofano, C El-Nakhel, Y Rouphael - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change is a pressing matter of anthropogenic nature to which agriculture contributes
by abusing production inputs such as inorganic fertilizers and fertigation water, thus …