Recent trends in nano-fertilizers for sustainable agriculture under climate change for global food security

KK Verma, XP Song, A Joshi, DD Tian, VD Rajput… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nano-fertilizers (NFs) significantly improve soil quality and plant growth performance and
enhance crop production with quality fruits/grains. The management of macro-micronutrients …

Nano-fertilizers: A sustainable technology for improving crop nutrition and food security

AM Jakhar, I Aziz, AR Kaleri, M Hasnain, G Haider… - NanoImpact, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive use of synthetic fertilizers cause economic burdens, increasing soil, water and
atmospheric pollution. Nano-fertilizers have shown great potential for their sustainable uses …

Recent advances in nano-enabled fertilizers and pesticides: a critical review of mechanisms of action

IO Adisa, VLR Pullagurala, JR Peralta-Videa… - Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of nanomaterials in agriculture as nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, or nano-enabled
sensors to increase crop yield is gaining increasing interest. Engineered nanomaterials …

A review on ZnO nanostructured materials: energy, environmental and biological applications

J Theerthagiri, S Salla, RA Senthil… - …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is an adaptable material that has distinctive properties, such as high-
sensitivity, large specific area, non-toxicity, good compatibility and a high isoelectric point …

Nanoparticles in agroindustry: Applications, toxicity, challenges, and trends

LA Paramo, AA Feregrino-Pérez, R Guevara… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanotechnology is a tool that in the last decade has demonstrated multiple applications in
several sectors, including agroindustry. There has been an advance in the development of …

Morpho-physiological and biochemical response of wheat to various treatments of silicon nano-particles under drought stress conditions

MAS Raza, B Zulfiqar, R Iqbal, MN Muzamil… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Silicon nanoparticles (Si-NPs) have shown their potential for use in farming under
water-deficient conditions. Thus, the experiment was accomplished to explore the impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] Vital roles of sustainable nano-fertilizers in improving plant quality and quantity-an updated review

MT El-Saadony, AS ALmoshadak, ME Shafi… - Saudi journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has received much attention because of its distinctive properties and many
applications in various fields. Nanotechnology is a new approach to increase agricultural …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles application alleviates arsenic (As) toxicity in soybean plants by restricting the uptake of as and modulating key biochemical attributes …

P Ahmad, MN Alyemeni, AA Al-Huqail, MA Alqahtani… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Accumulation of arsenic (As) in soils is increasing consistently day-by-day, which has
resulted in increased toxicity of this element in various crop plants. Arsenic interferes with …

Alleviation of cadmium accumulation in maize (Zea mays L.) by foliar spray of zinc oxide nanoparticles and biochar to contaminated soil

M Rizwan, S Ali, MZ ur Rehman, M Adrees… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the increase in area of cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soils worldwide, effective
measures are necessary to minimize the Cd accumulation in cereals including maize (Zea …

Application of zinc oxide nanoparticles as fertilizer boosts growth in rice plant and alleviates chromium stress by regulating genes involved in oxidative stress

V Prakash, P Rai, NC Sharma, VP Singh, DK Tripathi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Chromium toxicity impairs the productivity of rice crops and raises a major concern
worldwide and thus, it calls for unconventional and sustainable means of crop production. In …