[HTML][HTML] Nano zinc-enabled strategies in crops for combatting zinc malnutrition in human health

A Singh, VD Rajput, D Pandey, R Sharma… - Frontiers in Bioscience …, 2023 - imrpress.com
Deficits in the mineral Zn are responsible for a sizable proportion of the world's disease
burden and child mortality. With the increasing success rate of biofortification in major crops …

Formulation of zinc foliar sprays for wheat grain biofortification: a review of current applications and future perspectives

JT Sánchez-Palacios, D Henry, B Penrose… - Frontiers in plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Agronomic biofortification of wheat grain with zinc can improve the condition of about one
billion people suffering from zinc (Zn) deficiency. However, with the challenge of cultivating …

Cerium oxide nanoparticles alleviates stress in wheat grown on Cd contaminated alkaline soil

MA Ayub, HR Ahmad, MZ ur Rehman, EA Waraich - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The cadmium contamination of soil is an alarming issue worldwide and among various
mitigation strategies, nanotechnology mediated management of Cd contamination has …

Recent advances in nano-fertilizers: synthesis, crop yield impact, and economic analysis

BE Channab, AEL Idrissi, A Ammar, O Dardari… - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The escalating global demand for food production has predominantly relied on the extensive
application of conventional fertilizers (CFs). However, the increased use of CFs has raised …

Mitigating cadmium exposure risk in rice with foliar nano-selenium: Investigations through Caco-2 human cell line in-vivo bioavailability assay

B Hussain, X Yin, Q Lin, Y Hamid, M Usman… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The contamination of paddy fields by cadmium and lead is a major issue in China. The
consumption of rice grown in heavy metals contaminated areas poses severe health risks to …

Effect of a new slow-release zinc fertilizer based on carbon dots on the zinc concentration, growth indices, and yield in wheat (Triticum aestivum)

M Alikhani, A Mirbolook, J Sadeghi… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to introduce a new carbon dots nanocarrier (Zn-NCDs) as a slow-
release Zn fertilizer. Zn-NCDs was synthesized using a hydrothermal method and …

Co-foliar application of zinc and nano-silicon to rice helps in reducing cadmium exposure risk: Investigations through in-vitro digestion with human cell line …

Q Lin, Y Hamid, H Wang, M Lu, X Cao, T Zou… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Foliar application of zinc (Zn) or silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) may exert regulatory effects
on cadmium (Cd) accumulation in rice grains, however, their impact on Cd bioavailability …

Bespoke ZnO NPs Synthesis Platform to Optimize Their Performance for Improving the Grain Yield, Zinc Biofortification, and Cd Mitigation in Wheat

J Lian, L Cheng, X Wang, Y Chen, C Deng… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterials (NMs), particularly ZnO nanoparticles (NPs), show great promise in
sustainable agriculture for enhancing crop production, mineral nutrition, and food safety …

Soil quality improvement with increasing reclamation years in the Yellow River Delta

S Liu, F Li, Q Zhang, Z Li, C Tian, Y Qiao, K Du… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The saline soils in the Yellow River Delta are primarily affected by seawater intrusion
resulting from the intersection of land and sea, which exhibit variations in salinity. The quality …

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Foliar Application Effectively Enhanced Zinc and Aroma Content in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grains

R Wang, K Mi, X Yuan, J Chen, J Pu, X Shi, Y Yang… - Rice, 2023 - Springer
The search for an effective zinc fertilizer and its application method to effectively increase
zinc content and enhance aroma in rice grains is a crucial objective. In this study, a 2-year …