Nanoparticles in plants: uptake, transport and physiological activity in leaf and root

X Wang, H Xie, P Wang, H Yin - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Due to their unique characteristics, nanoparticles are increasingly used in agricultural
production through foliage spraying and soil application. The use of nanoparticles can …

Nanotechnology in agriculture: Current status, challenges and future opportunities

M Usman, M Farooq, A Wakeel, A Nawaz… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has shown promising potential to promote sustainable agriculture. This
article reviews the recent developments on applications of nanotechnology in agriculture …

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 …

Salinity stress and nanoparticles: Insights into antioxidative enzymatic resistance, signaling, and defense mechanisms

A Singh, VD Rajput, R Sharma, K Ghazaryan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Salinized land is slowly spreading across the world. Reduced crop yields and quality due to
salt stress threaten the ability to feed a growing population. We discussed the mechanisms …

Uptake, translocation, and transformation of metal-based nanoparticles in plants: recent advances and methodological challenges

J Lv, P Christie, S Zhang - Environmental Science: Nano, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Interactions between engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and plants represent one of the
fundamental problems we must face in the rapid development of nanotechnology. Hundreds …

Interaction of nanomaterials with plants: what do we need for real applications in agriculture?

A Pérez-de-Luque - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The number of published researching works related with applications of nanomaterials in
agriculture is increasing every year. Most of such works focus on the synthesis of …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: a review of their biological synthesis, antimicrobial activity, uptake, translocation and biotransformation in plants

A Singh, NB Singh, S Afzal, T Singh… - Journal of materials …, 2018 - Springer
Over the past decade, incorporation of nanomaterials into agricultural practices like
nanofertilizers and nanopesticides has gained a lot of attention. Progress and application of …

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 …

Effect of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on growth and physiology of globally important food crops: A critical review

M Rizwan, S Ali, MF Qayyum, YS Ok, M Adrees… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
The concentrations of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have
increased in the environment due to increasing demand of NPs based products. This is …

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 …