Silver nanoparticles: Toxicity in model organisms as an overview of its hazard for human health and the environment

GR Tortella, O Rubilar, N Durán, MC Diez… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted remarkable attention due to their powerful
antimicrobial action as well as their particular physicochemical properties. This has led to …

Advances in transport and toxicity of nanoparticles in plants

M Gao, J Chang, Z Wang, H Zhang, T Wang - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, the rapid development of nanotechnology has made significant impacts on
the industry. With the wide application of nanotechnology, nanoparticles (NPs) are inevitably …

Nanotechnology in precision agriculture: Advancing towards sustainable crop production

M Zain, H Ma, SU Rahman, M Nuruzzaman… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology offers many potential solutions for sustainable agroecosystem, including
improvement in nutrient use efficiency, efficacy of pest management, and minimizing the …

Application of nanoparticles alleviates heavy metals stress and promotes plant growth: An overview

P Zhou, M Adeel, N Shakoor, M Guo, Y Hao, I Azeem… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is playing a significant role in addressing a vast range of environmental
challenges by providing innovative and effective solutions. Heavy metal (HM) contamination …

Bioinspired nanomodification strategies: moving from chemical-based agrosystems to sustainable agriculture

L Xu, Z Zhu, DW Sun - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Agrochemicals have supported the development of the agricultural economy and national
population over the past century. However, excessive applications of agrochemicals pose …

Environmental impact of nanoparticles' application as an emerging technology: A review

G Martínez, M Merinero, M Pérez-Aranda… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The unique properties that nanoparticles exhibit, due to their small size, are the principal
reason for their numerous applications, but at the same time, this might be a massive …

Comparison study of zinc nanoparticles and zinc sulphate on wheat growth: From toxicity and zinc biofortification

W Du, J Yang, Q Peng, X Liang, H Mao - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) are studied as a potential solution to alleviate Zn deficiency in
human diet due to their special physicochemical properties. However, information for food …

Evaluating green silver nanoparticles as prospective biopesticides: An environmental standpoint

MS Bapat, H Singh, SK Shukla, PP Singh, DVN Vo… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The current method of agriculture entails the usage of excessive amounts of pesticides and
fertilizers. The blatant use of conventional pesticides and fertilizers over several decades …

Plant response to silver nanoparticles: a critical review

KS Siddiqi, A Husen - Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although several metal ions/metal nanoparticles (NPs) are toxic to both plants and animals,
some of them are used as nutrients and growth promoters. Plants exposed to silver …

[BOOK][B] Nanomaterials and plant potential: an overview

A Husen, M Iqbal - 2019 - Springer
In the recent years, nanotechnology has come up as a cutting-edge field of science and
technology with the potential to revolutionize the technological advances in industry …