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 …

Nanobioremediation: A sustainable approach for the removal of toxic pollutants from the environment

P Bhatt, SC Pandey, S Joshi, P Chaudhary… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the proportion of organic and inorganic contaminants has increased rapidly
due to growing human interference and represents a threat to ecosystems. The removal of …

Nanofertilizers for agricultural and environmental sustainability

S Babu, R Singh, D Yadav, SS Rathore, R Raj… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers in the agricultural production systems to keep pace
with the food and nutritional demand of the galloping population had an adverse impact on …

[HTML][HTML] The potential exposure and hazards of metal-based nanoparticles on plants and environment, with special emphasis on ZnO NPs, TiO2 NPs, and AgNPs: a …

M Khan, MSA Khan, KK Borah, Y Goswami… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present age of technological advancement, nanotechnology and its associated
applications have been able to gain attention because of their ability to create a revolution in …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles alter the wheat physiological response and reduce the cadmium uptake by plants

A Hussain, S Ali, M Rizwan, MZ ur Rehman… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
An experiment was performed to explore the interactive impacts of zinc oxide nanoparticles
(ZnO NPs) and cadmium (Cd) on growth, yield, antioxidant enzymes, Cd and zinc (Zn) …

Effects of zinc-oxide nanoparticles on soil, plants, animals and soil organisms: A review

VD Rajput, TM Minkina, A Behal, SN Sushkova… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc-oxide nanoparticles are being used in a wide range of commercial applications and are
therefore expected to find their way into the soil ecosystem. Problems concerning Zinc-oxide …

Nanofertilizers: new products for the industry?

CO Dimkpa, PS Bindraban - Journal of agricultural and food …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mineral fertilizers are key to food production, despite plant low nutrient uptake efficiencies
and high losses. However, nanotechnology can both enhance crop productivity and reduce …

The dichotomy of nanotechnology as the cutting edge of agriculture: Nano-farming as an asset versus nanotoxicity

T Behl, I Kaur, A Sehgal, S Singh, N Sharma, S Bhatia… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The unprecedented setbacks and environmental complications, faced by global agro-
farming industry, have led to the advent of nanotechnology in agriculture, which has been …

Zinc, zinc nanoparticles and plants

H Sturikova, O Krystofova, D Huska, V Adam - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc belongs to the mineral elements, the so-called micronutrients, which are essential for all
types of plants. Embedding itself into the enzymes associated with proteosynthesis and …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) as a novel nanofertilizer: Influence on seed yield and antioxidant defense system in soil grown soybean (Glycine max cv. Kowsar)

E Yusefi-Tanha, S Fallah, A Rostamnejadi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dearth of knowledge about the prospect of using Zinc (Zn) based nanoparticles (NPs) to
enrich Zn-deficient soils with Zn warrants investigations into potential soil applications of …