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Review
. 2020 Apr;10(4):168.
doi: 10.1007/s13205-020-2152-3. Epub 2020 Mar 14.

Nanotechnological interventions for plant health improvement and sustainable agriculture

Madhu Kamle #  1 , Dipendra Kumar Mahato #  2 , Sheetal Devi  3 , Ramendra Soni  4 , Vijay Tripathi  4 , Awdhesh Kumar Mishra  5 , Pradeep Kumar  1
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Review

Nanotechnological interventions for plant health improvement and sustainable agriculture

Madhu Kamle et al. 3 Biotech. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Agriculture is the source of food for both humans and animals. With the growing population demands, agricultural production needs to be scaled up where nanotechnology can play a significant role. The use of nanotechnology in agriculture can manage plant disease and growth for better and quality output. Therefore, this review focuses on the use of various nanoparticles for detection of nutrients and contaminants, nanosensors for monitoring the environmental stresses and crop conditions as well as the use of nanotechnology for plant pathogen detection and crop protection. In addition, the delivery of plant growth regulators and agrichemicals like nanopesticides and nanofertilizers to the plants along with the delivery of DNA for targeted genetic engineering and production of genetically modified (GM) crops are discussed briefly. Further, the future concerns regarding the use of nanoparticles and their possible toxicity, impact on the agriculture and ecosystem needs to be assessed along with the assessment of the nanoparticles and GM crops on the environment and human health.

Keywords: Disease detection; Nanofertilizers; Nanopesticides; Nanosensors; Nanotechnology; Plant health; Sustainable agriculture.

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Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Application of various nanoparticles (NPs) for the regulation of plant disease and growth by increased seed germination, vegetative biomass, uptake of elements and nutrients along with the management of pathogenic fungi
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The lipid, polymer, clay and porous inorganic-based nanomaterials for the delivery of agrichemicals (nanopesticides and nanofertilizers) to the plants through application in soil
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