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 …

Mechanisms of antifungal properties of metal nanoparticles

YN Slavin, H Bach - Nanomaterials, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Highlights What are the main findings? Mechanisms by which nanoparticles exert their
damage on fungi were described. Transcriptomic studies regarding exposure to …

Recent advances in nano-enabled fertilizers and pesticides: a critical review of mechanisms of action

IO Adisa, VLR Pullagurala, JR Peralta-Videa… - Environmental …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The use of nanomaterials in agriculture as nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, or nano-enabled
sensors to increase crop yield is gaining increasing interest. Engineered nanomaterials …

Advances in controlled release pesticide formulations: Prospects to safer integrated pest management and sustainable agriculture

A Singh, N Dhiman, AK Kar, D Singh, MP Purohit… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
As the world is striving hard towards sustainable agricultural practices for a better tomorrow,
one of the primary focuses is on effective pest management for enhanced crop productivity …

[HTML][HTML] Using inorganic nanoparticles to fight fungal infections in the antimicrobial resistant era

T Huang, X Li, M Maier, NM O'Brien-Simpson… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Fungal infections pose a serious threat to human health and livelihoods. The number and
variety of clinically approved antifungal drugs is very limited, and the emergence and rapid …

An overview of the role of nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture

A Hazarika, M Yadav, DK Yadav, HS Yadav - Biocatalysis and Agricultural …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The use of different chemical fertilizers, pesticides and, other agrochemicals products for
increasing crop yield have adverse effect on biodiversity, soil fertility, and in turn on the …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology: The new perspective in precision agriculture

JS Duhan, R Kumar, N Kumar, P Kaur, K Nehra… - Biotechnology …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary research field. In recent past efforts have been made
to improve agricultural yield through exhaustive research in nanotechnology. The green …

Synthesis of CuO nanoparticles stabilized with gelatin for potential use in food packaging applications

AA Gvozdenko, SA Siddiqui, AV Blinov, AB Golik… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
In the present study, a method for the synthesis of gelatin-stabilized copper oxide
nanoparticles was developed. Synthesis was carried out by direct chemical precipitation …

Metal nanoparticles as novel antifungal agents for sustainable agriculture: Current advances and future directions

AR Cruz-Luna, H Cruz-Martínez, A Vásquez-López… - Journal of Fungi, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The use of metal nanoparticles is considered a good alternative to control phytopathogenic
fungi in agriculture. To date, numerous metal nanoparticles (eg, Ag, Cu, Se, Ni, Mg, and Fe) …

The future of nanotechnology in plant pathology

W Elmer, JC White - Annual review of phytopathology, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Engineered nanoparticles are materials between 1 and 100 nm and exist as metalloids,
metallic oxides, nonmetals, and carbon nanomaterials and as functionalized dendrimers …