Nanoparticles in sustainable agriculture: An emerging opportunity

RP Singh, R Handa, G Manchanda - Journal of controlled release, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional agriculture often relies on bulky doses of fertilizers and pesticides that have
adversely affected the living beings as well as the ecosystems. As a basic tenet of …

The role of nanoparticles in plant biochemical, physiological, and molecular responses under drought stress: A review

A Rasheed, H Li, MM Tahir, A Mahmood… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Drought stress (DS) is a serious challenge for sustaining global crop production and food
security. Nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as an excellent tool to enhance crop production …

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 …

Potential applications of engineered nanoparticles in plant disease management: a critical update

A Kumar, A Choudhary, H Kaur, S Guha, S Mehta… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Plant diseases caused by pathogenic entities pose severe issues to global food security.
Effective sensory applications and tools for the effective determination of plant diseases …

Bioassays based on higher plants as excellent dosimeters for ecotoxicity monitoring: a review

M Iqbal, M Abbas, J Nisar, A Nazir… - Chemistry …, 2019 - papers.ssrn.com
All sorts of pollution on the planet can be traced back to development of industries and the
most important among them is water pollution. Clean technologies, management practices …

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 …

A review: zinc oxide nanoparticles–friends or enemies?

A Czyżowska, A Barbasz - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Modern nanotechnology allows obtaining zinc oxide nanomaterials with unique properties
that let its use in a wide range of commercial applications. Direct contact with these particles …

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 …

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 …