The increasing demand for food coupled to various environmental pressures, is increasing
the importance of sustainable agricultural practices. Based on results published across a …

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 …

The unprecedented capability to control and characterize materials on the nanometer scale
has led to the rapid expansion of nanostructured materials. The expansion of …

Uptake, transport and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) into plant cells are
complex processes that are currently still not well understood. Parts of this problem are the …

Salinity stress is one of the most destructive non-biological stresses in plants that has
adversely affected many agricultural lands in the world. Salinity stress causes many …

Substantial amounts of nutrients are lost from soils via leaching and as gaseous emissions.
These losses can be environmentally damaging and expensive in terms of lost agricultural …

This new edition provides current information on the nutritional requirements of world crops.
It presents research on the acquisition, accumulation, transport, and functions of chemical …

Mycorrhizal networks, defined as a common mycorrhizal mycelium linking the roots of at
least two plants, occur in all major terrestrial ecosystems. This review discusses the recent …

Interactions within natural soils have often been neglected when assessing fate and
bioavailability of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) in soils. This review combines patchwise …

To exploit the promised benefits of engineered nanomaterials, it is necessary to improve our
knowledge of their bioavailability and toxicity. The interactions between engineered …