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 …

[HTML][HTML] Silicon-based nanoparticles for mitigating the effect of potentially toxic elements and plant stress in agroecosystems: a sustainable pathway towards food …

ES Okeke, EJ Nweze, TC Ezike, CO Nwuche… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their size, flexibility, biocompatibility, large surface area, and variable functionality
nanoparticles have enormous industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical and biotechnological …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR variants for gene editing in plants: biosafety risks and future directions

A Movahedi, S Aghaei-Dargiri, H Li, Q Zhuge… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The CRISPR genome editing technology is a crucial tool for enabling revolutionary
advancements in plant genetic improvement. This review shows the latest developments in …

Organelle-targeted gene delivery in plants by nanomaterials

SSY Law, T Miyamoto, K Numata - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Genetic engineering of plants has revolutionized agriculture and has had a significant
impact on our everyday life. It has allowed for the production of crops with longer shelf lives …

Biotechnology and urban agriculture: A partnership for the future sustainability

B Aggarwal, N Rajora, G Raturi, H Dhar, SB Kadam… - Plant Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The global population is growing rapidly, and with it, the demand for food. In the coming
decades, more and more people will be living in urban areas, where land for traditional …

Strategic transgene-free approaches of CRISPR-based genome editing in plants

S Bhattacharjee, R Bhowmick, L Kant… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2023 - Springer
Genome editing through the alteration of nucleotide sequence has already revolutionized
the field of site-directed mutagenesis for a decade. However, research in terms of precision …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoiron: Uptake, translocation and accumulation in plant systems

P Rai, S Sharma, S Tripathi, V Prakash, K Tiwari… - Plant Nano Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) bear unique properties that leads to its immense application in diverse
domains. But excessive use of metal oxide nanoparticles (MONPs) in various industrial …

Plant growth regulators: true managers of plant life

DK Tripathi, SR Yadav, K Mochida… - Plant and Cell …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Natural or synthetic compounds that can regulate developmental and metabolic processes
in higher plants are designated plant growth regulators (PGRs)(Sabagh et al. 2021). The …

[HTML][HTML] Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs): role in seed vigor and longevity

P Salvi, V Varshney, M Majee - Bioscience Reports, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Seed vigor and longevity are important agronomic attributes, as they are essentially
associated with crop yield and thus the global economy. Seed longevity is a measure of …

The role of nanoparticles in transforming plant genetic engineering: advancements, challenges and future prospects

N Rani, K Kumari, V Hooda - Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2025 - Springer
Despite years of progress in biotechnology, altering the genetic makeup of many plant
species, especially their plastids, remains challenging. The existence of a cell wall poses a …