Billions of people and many soils across the planet suffer from micronutrient (MN)
deficiencies impairing human health. In general, fertilization of deficient soils, according to …

Nutrients present in the soil are taken up by plants for their successful growth and survival.
Loss of essential elements from soil, mainly by leaching, volatilization, erosion, and uptake …

The global agriculture is facing many challenges including sustainable use and
conservation of natural resources, climate change, urbanization, and pollution resulting from …

Outburst of world population in the past decade has forced the agricultural sector to increase
crop productivity to satisfy the needs of billions of people especially in developing countries …

Enhancing nutrient use efficiency (NUE) with minimal threat to environment has become
critical for our agriculture food production systems (FPS) to sustain the burgeoning …

Conventional fertilizers and pesticides are not sustainable for multiple reasons, including
high delivery and usage inefficiency, considerable energy, and water inputs with adverse …

Agriculture stands to benefit from nanotechnology in areas such as combating pests and
pathogens, regulating the growth and quality of crops, and developing intelligent materials …

Main conclusion Advances in nanotechnology make it an important tool for improving
agricultural production. Strong evidence supports the role of nanomaterials as nutrients or …

Since green revolution, chemical fertilizers are deemed an indispensable input of modern
crop production systems, but these have associated environmental and ecological …

The widespread use of fertilizers is a result of the increased global demand for food. The
commonly used chemical fertilizers may increase plant growth and output, but they have …