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 …

An overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution in agroecosystems

EL Ng, EH Lwanga, SM Eldridge, P Johnston… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microplastics and nanoplastics are emerging pollutants of global importance. They are small
enough to be ingested by a wide range of organisms and at nano-scale, they may cross …

Chloroplast-selective gene delivery and expression in planta using chitosan-complexed single-walled carbon nanotube carriers

SY Kwak, TTS Lew, CJ Sweeney, VB Koman… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Plant genetic engineering is an important tool used in current efforts in crop improvement,
pharmaceutical product biosynthesis and sustainable agriculture. However, conventional …

Physiological responses of garden cress (L. sativum) to different types of microplastics

S Pignattelli, A Broccoli, M Renzi - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, for the first time, acute and chronic toxicity caused by four different kinds of
microplastics: polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyvinylchloride (PVC), and a …

Engineering plants with carbon nanotubes: a sustainable agriculture approach

M Safdar, W Kim, S Park, Y Gwon, YO Kim… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable agriculture is an important conception to meet the growing food demand of the
global population. The increased need for adequate and safe food, as well as the ongoing …

Nanomaterials: A comprehensive review of applications, toxicity, impact, and fate to environment

MM El-Kady, I Ansari, C Arora, N Rai, S Soni… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present era is considered the nanotech age. Nanomaterials have gained a great deal of
importance in the field of technology, engineering, and medicine progression because of …

Nanotechnology in plant science: to make a long story short

I Sanzari, A Leone, A Ambrosone - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This mini-review aims at gaining knowledge on basic aspects of plant nanotechnology.
While in recent years the enormous progress of nanotechnology in biomedical sciences has …

High aspect ratio nanomaterials enable delivery of functional genetic material without DNA integration in mature plants

GS Demirer, H Zhang, JL Matos, NS Goh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis
and crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput of …

Plant bioelectronics and biohybrids: the growing contribution of organic electronic and carbon-based materials

G Dufil, I Bernacka-Wojcik, A Armada-Moreira… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Life in our planet is highly dependent on plants as they are the primary source of food,
regulators of the atmosphere, and providers of a variety of materials. In this work, we review …

Nanotechnology: a new opportunity in plant sciences

P Wang, E Lombi, FJ Zhao, PM Kopittke - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
The agronomic application of nanotechnology in plants (phytonanotechnology) has the
potential to alter conventional plant production systems, allowing for the controlled release …