Nanofertilizer use for sustainable agriculture: Advantages and limitations

F Zulfiqar, M Navarro, M Ashraf, NA Akram… - Plant Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Nutrient fertilization plays a critical role in maintaining soil fertility and improving crop
productivity and quality. Precise nutrient management of horticultural crops is a major …

A review on adsorptive separation of toxic metals from aquatic system using biochar produced from agro-waste

PS Kumar, R Gayathri, BS Rathi - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is a basic and significant asset for living beings. Water assets are progressively
diminishing due to huge populace development, industrial activities, urbanization and rural …

The invisible hand of the periodic table: how micronutrients shape ecology

M Kaspari - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Beyond the better-studied carbohydrates and the macronutrients nitrogen and phosphorus,
a remaining 20 or so elements are essential for life and have distinct geographical …

Zinc in plants

MR Broadley, PJ White, JP Hammond, I Zelko… - New …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Zinc (Zn) is an essential component of thousands of proteins in plants, although it is toxic in
excess. In this review, the dominant fluxes of Zn in the soil–root–shoot continuum are …

Micronutrient application through seed treatments: a review

M Farooq, A Wahid, KHM Siddique - Journal of soil science and plant …, 2012 - SciELO Chile
Micronutrients are vital for plant growth and human health. Soil and foliar applications are
the most prevalent methods of micronutrient addition but the cost involved and difficulty in …

Improving agricultural water use efficiency by nutrient management in crop plants

EA Waraich, R Ahmad, MY Ashraf… - … , Section B-Soil & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Improvement of agricultural water use efficiency is of major concern with drought problems
being one of the most important factors limiting grain production worldwide. Effective …

[PDF][PDF] Role of some of mineral nutrients in biological nitrogen fixation

W Weisany, Y Raei, KH Allahverdipoor - Bulletin of Environment …, 2013 - topsoils.co.nz
Atmospheric nitrogen fixation probably contributes at most about 10% of the total annual
yield of fixed nitrogen. The most important source of fixed nitrogen derives from the activity of …

Nutrient metal elements in plants

G DalCorso, A Manara, S Piasentin, A Furini - Metallomics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Plants need many different metal elements for growth, development and reproduction, which
must be mobilized from the soil matrix and absorbed by the roots as metal ions. Once taken …

Impact of micronutrient seed priming on germination, growth, development, nutritional status and yield aspects of plants

S Mondal, B Bose - Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The present review article is dealing with the potentiality of micronutrients in terms of seed
priming treatment and its effect within the plant system is considered. Since last 3 to 4 …

Storage and bioavailability of molybdenum in soils increased by organic matter complexation

T Wichard, B Mishra, SCB Myneni, JP Bellenger… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
The micronutrient molybdenum is a necessary component of the nitrogen-fixing enzyme
nitrogenase,. Molybdenum is very rare in soils, and is usually present in a highly soluble …