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Review
. 2022 Aug 3;12(15):2667.
doi: 10.3390/nano12152667.

Nanotechnological Interventions in Agriculture

Zishan Ahmad  1   2 , Sabaha Tahseen  3 , Adla Wasi  3 , Irfan Bashir Ganie  3 , Anwar Shahzad  3 , Abolghassem Emamverdian  1   2 , Muthusamy Ramakrishnan  1   2 , Yulong Ding  1   2
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Review

Nanotechnological Interventions in Agriculture

Zishan Ahmad et al. Nanomaterials (Basel). .

Abstract

Agriculture is an important sector that plays an important role in providing food to both humans and animals. In addition, this sector plays an important role in the world economy. Changes in climatic conditions and biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant damage to agricultural production around the world. Therefore, the development of sustainable agricultural techniques is becoming increasingly important keeping in view the growing population and its demands. Nanotechnology provides important tools to different industrial sectors, and nowadays, the use of nanotechnology is focused on achieving a sustainable agricultural system. Great attention has been given to the development and optimization of nanomaterials and their application in the agriculture sector to improve plant growth and development, plant health and protection and overall performance in terms of morphological and physiological activities. The present communication provides up-to-date information on nanotechnological interventions in the agriculture sector. The present review deals with nanoparticles, their types and the role of nanotechnology in plant growth, development, pathogen detection and crop protection, its role in the delivery of genetic material, plant growth regulators and agrochemicals and its role in genetic engineering. Moreover, the role of nanotechnology in stress management is also discussed. Our aim in this review is to aid researchers to learn quickly how to use plant nanotechnology for improving agricultural production.

Keywords: abiotic stress; nanomaterials; nanoparticles; nanotechnology; sustainable agriculture.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Types of nanoparticles.
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Synthesis of nanomaterials.
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(A) DNA, RNA (B) and protein (C) delivery using nanoparticles.
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Application of nanotechnology in plant pathology: (a) plant disease control, (b) detection of plant pathogens.
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Positive effect of different nanomaterials in sustainable agriculture.
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Application of nanotechnology: (a) role of nanobiosensors, (b) role in bioremediation.
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Role of nanomaterials in improving plant growth under biotic and abiotic stress.
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A proposed mechanism for nanoparticle-mediated abiotic stress management.
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Possible ways of ENM accumulation in environment [30].
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