Excessive use of synthetic fertilizers cause economic burdens, increasing soil, water and
atmospheric pollution. Nano-fertilizers have shown great potential for their sustainable uses …

Water management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues facing all countries
in semi-arid and arid parts of the world. Global water consumption is predicted to increase …

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 …

The propagation of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide has been alarming in the last
months. According to recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), the use of …

Despite plastics providing great benefits to our daily life, plastics accumulating in the
environment, especially microplastics (MPs; defined as particles< 5 mm), can lead to a …

Nano-and microplastics have been widely spread in environmental matrices, especially in
marine and terrestrial systems. In this study, higher plant Vicia faba root tips were exposed to …

Microplastic effects in terrestrial ecosystems have recently moved into focus, after about a
decade of research being limited to aquatic systems. While effects on soil physical …

In agriculture, abiotic stress is one of the critical issues impacting the crop productivity and
yield. Such stress factors lead to the generation of reactive oxygen species, membrane …

Nanotechnology has received much attention because of its distinctive properties and many
applications in various fields. Nanotechnology is a new approach to increase agricultural …

Graphene and its derivatives are heralded as “miracle” materials with manifold applications
in different sectors of society from electronics to energy storage to medicine. The increasing …