Nanotechnology, a frontier in agricultural science, a novel approach in abiotic stress management and convergence with new age medicine-A review

S Mariyam, SK Upadhyay, K Chakraborty… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change imposes various environmental stresses which substantially impact plant
growth and productivity. Salinity, drought, temperature extremes, heavy metals, and …

Nanobiotechnology-based strategies for enhanced crop stress resilience

L Zhao, T Bai, H Wei, JL Gardea-Torresdey, A Keller… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Nanobiotechnology approaches to engineering crops with enhanced stress tolerance may
be a safe and sustainable strategy to increase crop yield. Under stress conditions, cellular …

Towards realizing nano-enabled precision delivery in plants

GV Lowry, JP Giraldo, NF Steinmetz, A Avellan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nanocarriers (NCs) that can precisely deliver active agents, nutrients and genetic materials
into plants will make crop agriculture more resilient to climate change and sustainable. As a …

Nanoparticle-based sustainable agriculture and food science: Recent advances and future outlook

D Mittal, G Kaur, P Singh, K Yadav… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In the current scenario, it is an urgent requirement to satisfy the nutritional demands of the
rapidly growing global population. Using conventional farming, nearly one third of crops get …

Critical Review: Role of Inorganic Nanoparticle Properties on Their Foliar Uptake and in Planta Translocation

A Avellan, J Yun, BP Morais, ET Clement… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is increasing pressure on global agricultural systems due to higher food demand,
climate change, and environmental concerns. The design of nanostructures is proposed as …

Nano-biotechnology in agriculture: use of nanomaterials to promote plant growth and stress tolerance

L Zhao, L Lu, A Wang, H Zhang, M Huang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Sustainable agriculture is a key component of the effort to meet the increased food demand
of a rapidly increasing global population. Nano-biotechnology is a promising tool for …

Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution

GV Lowry, A Avellan, LM Gilbertson - Nature nanotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Current agricultural practices, developed during the green revolution, are becoming
unsustainable, especially in the face of climate change and growing populations …

Nano-enabled strategies to enhance crop nutrition and protection

M Kah, N Tufenkji, JC White - Nature nanotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
Various nano-enabled strategies are proposed to improve crop production and meet the
growing global demands for food, feed and fuel while practising sustainable agriculture …

Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

T Hofmann, GV Lowry, S Ghoshal, N Tufenkji… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Nanotechnology offers potential solutions for sustainable agriculture, including increasing
nutrient utilization efficiency, improving the efficacy of pest management, mitigating the …

Use of metal nanoparticles in agriculture. A review on the effects on plant germination

V Santás-Miguel, M Arias-Estévez… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural nanotechnology has become a powerful tool to help crops and improve
agricultural production in the context of a growing world population. However, its application …