Small particles, big effects: How nanoparticles can enhance plant growth in favorable and harsh conditions

J Wang, H Wu, Y Wang, W Ye… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
By 2050, the global population is projected to reach 9 billion, underscoring the imperative for
innovative solutions to increase grain yield and enhance food security. Nanotechnology has …

The practical role of induced resistance for crop protection

T Reglinski, N Havis, HJ Rees, H de Jong - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Plants have evolved a highly sophisticated immune system to resist pathogen attack
comprising both preformed and inducible mechanisms. Over the last 50 years, various …

Decoding early stress signaling waves in living plants using nanosensor multiplexing

MCY Ang, JM Saju, TK Porter, S Mohaideen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Increased exposure to environmental stresses due to climate change have adversely
affected plant growth and productivity. Upon stress, plants activate a signaling cascade …

Near-infrared fluorescent carbon nanotube sensors for the plant hormone family gibberellins

K Boonyaves, MCY Ang, M Park, J Cui, DT Khong… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gibberellins (GAs) are a class of phytohormones, important for plant growth, and very
difficult to distinguish because of their similarity in chemical structures. Herein, we develop …

[HTML][HTML] Nanosensor applications in plant science

DS Shaw, KC Honeychurch - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant science is a major research topic addressing some of the most important global
challenges we face today, including energy and food security. Plant science has a role in the …

[HTML][HTML] Energy-efficient IoT-based light control system in smart indoor agriculture

O Hadj Abdelkader, H Bouzebiba, D Pena, AP Aguiar - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Indoor agriculture is emerging as a promising approach for increasing the efficiency and
sustainability of agri-food production processes. It is currently evolving from a small-scale …

Raman spectroscopy in crop quality assessment: Focusing on sensing secondary metabolites: A review

M Park, A Somborn, D Schlehuber, V Keuter… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
As a crop quality sensor, Raman spectroscopy has been consistently proposed as one of the
most promising and non-destructive methods for qualitative and quantitative analysis of …

Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Optical Transducers for Nanobiosensors In Vivo

Z Cohen, RM Williams - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may serve as signal
transducers for nanobiosensors. Recent studies have developed innovative methods of …

Application of thermal and visible imaging to estimate stripe rust disease severity in wheat using supervised image classification methods

RN Singh, P Krishnan, VK Singh, K Banerjee - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Reliable and accurate estimation of plant disease severity at the field scale is a key factor for
predicting yield losses, disease management and food security. A field experiment was …

Nanosensors in agriculture: applications, prospects, and challenges

GA El-Chaghaby, S Rashad - Handbook of nanosensors: materials and …, 2024 - Springer
Nanotechnology is regarded as the most significant technical innovation in recent years, and
its prospective applications have led to its use in all sectors. Agricultural technological …