Application of nanotechnology in agriculture, postharvest loss reduction and food processing: food security implication and challenges

Heliyon, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 7(12), P. e08539 - e08539

Published: Dec. 1, 2021

Ensuring food security in developing countries is highly challenging due to low productivity of the agriculture sector, degradation natural resources, high post farming losses, less or no value addition, and population growth. Researchers are striving adopt newer technologies enhance supply narrow demand gap. Nanotechnology one promising that could improve agricultural via nano fertilizers, use efficient herbicides pesticides, soil feature regulation, wastewater management, pathogen detection. It equally beneficial for industrial processing with enhanced production excellent market value, elevated nutritional sensing property, improved safety, better antimicrobial protection. can also reduce post-farming losses by increasing shelf life aid nanoparticles. However, further investigation required solve safety health risks associated technology.

Language: Английский

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Nanofertilizers: A Smart and Sustainable Attribute to Modern Agriculture

Plants, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11(19), P. 2587 - 2587

Published: Sept. 30, 2022

The widespread use of fertilizers is a result the increased global demand for food. commonly used chemical may increase plant growth and output, but they have deleterious effects on soil, environment, even human health. Therefore, nanofertilizers are one most promising solutions or substitutes conventional fertilizers. These engineered materials composed nanoparticles containing macro- micronutrients that delivered to rhizosphere in regulated manner. In nanofertilizers, essential minerals nutrients (such as N, P, K, Fe, Mn) bonded alone combination with nano-dimensional adsorbents. This review discusses development nanotechnology-based smart efficient agriculture using higher nutritional management, owing their ability nutrient uptake efficiency. Additionally, synthesis mechanism action discussed, along different types currently available. Furthermore, sustainable can be realised by targeted delivery controlled release through application nanoscale active substances. paper emphasises successful safe nanotechnology agriculture; however, certain basic concerns existing gaps research need addressed resolved.

Language: Английский

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Coping with the Challenges of Abiotic Stress in Plants: New Dimensions in the Field Application of Nanoparticles

Plants, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(6), P. 1221 - 1221

Published: June 15, 2021

Abiotic stress in plants is a crucial issue worldwide, especially heavy-metal contaminants, salinity, and drought. These stresses may raise lot of issues such as the generation reactive oxygen species, membrane damage, loss photosynthetic efficiency, etc. that could alter crop growth developments by affecting biochemical, physiological, molecular processes, causing significant productivity. To overcome impact these abiotic stressors, many strategies be considered to support plant including use nanoparticles (NPs). However, majority studies have focused on understanding toxicity NPs aquatic flora fauna, relatively less attention has been paid topic beneficial role response, growth, development. More scientific required understand behavior crops under conditions. Therefore, present work aims comprehensively review roles different stresses, heavy metals, This provides deep insights about mechanisms alleviation NP application.

Language: Английский

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Nanobiotechnological advancements in agriculture and food industry: Applications, nanotoxicity, and future perspectives

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 792, P. 148359 - 148359

Published: June 8, 2021

Language: Английский

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Chitosan Nanoparticles-Based Ionic Gelation Method: A Promising Candidate for Plant Disease Management

Polymers, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 14(4), P. 662 - 662

Published: Feb. 9, 2022

By 2050, population growth and climate change will lead to increased demand for food water. Nanoparticles (NPs), an advanced technology, can be applied many areas of agriculture, including crop protection enhancement, build sustainable agricultural production. Ionic gelation method is a synthesis microparticles or NPs, based on electrostatic interaction between opposite charge types that contains at least one polymer under mechanical stirring conditions. which are commonly chitosan (CS), have been fields, nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, nanoherbicides. The CS-NP CS-NPs-loaded active ingredients (Cu, saponin, harpin, Zn, hexaconazole, salicylic acid (SA), NPK, thiamine, silicon, silver (Ag)) effective in controlling plant diseases enhancing growth, depending the concentration application by direct indirect mechanisms, attracted much attention last five years. Many crops evaluated vivo greenhouse conditions but only maize (CS-NP-loaded Cu, SA, silicon) soybean Cu) were tested manage post flowering stalk rot, Curvularia leaf spot, bacterial pustule disease field condition. Since 2019, eight studies performed shown interest CS-NPs synthesized ionic method. In this review, we summarized current state research provided forward-looking view use management.

Language: Английский

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Plants and rhizospheric environment: Affected by zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs). A review

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 185, P. 91 - 100

Published: May 27, 2022

Language: Английский

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Agriculture and environmental management through nanotechnology: Eco-friendly nanomaterial synthesis for soil-plant systems, food safety, and sustainability

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 926, P. 171862 - 171862

Published: March 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Use of metal nanoparticles in agriculture. A review on the effects on plant germination

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 334, P. 122222 - 122222

Published: July 21, 2023

Agricultural nanotechnology has become a powerful tool to help crops and improve agricultural production in the context of growing world population. However, its application can have some problems with development harvests, especially during germination. This review evaluates nanoparticles essential (Cu, Fe, Ni Zn) non-essential (Ag Ti) elements on plant In general, effect depends several factors (dose, treatment time, method, type nanoparticle plant). addition, pH ionic strength are relevant when applying soil. case element nanoparticles, Fe show better results improving nutrient uptake, germination, possibility magnetic properties could favor their use removal pollutants. Cu Zn they be beneficial at low concentrations, while excess presents toxicity negatively affects About elements, both Ti Ag helpful for uptake. potential effects depend highly crop type, particle size concentration. Overall, agriculture is still early stages development, more research needed understand environmental public health impacts.

Language: Английский

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The strategic applications of natural polymer nanocomposites in food packaging and agriculture: Chances, challenges, and consumers’ perception

Frontiers in Chemistry, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 10, 2023

Natural polymer-based nanocomposites have received significant attention in both scientific and industrial research recent years. They can help to eliminate the consequences of application petroleum-derived polymeric materials related environmental concerns. Such consist natural biopolymers (e.g., chitosan, starch, cellulose, alginate many more) derived from plants, microbes animals that are abundantly available nature, biodegradable thus eco-friendly, be used for developing agriculture food industry applications. Biopolymer-based act as slow-release nanocarriers delivering agrochemicals (fertilizers/nutrients) or pesticides crop plants increase yields. Similarly, biopolymer-based nanofilms hydrogels may direct product coating extend shelf life improve seed germination protection pathogens pests. Biopolymers huge potential food-packaging. However, their packaging properties, such mechanical strength gas, water microbial barriers remarkably improved when combined with nanofillers nanoparticles. This article provides an overview strategic applications polymer active compounds, hydrogels, nanocoatings nanofilms. risk, challenges, chances, consumers' perceptions nanotechnology production been also discussed.

Language: Английский

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Nanotechnology applications in sustainable agriculture: An emerging eco-friendly approach

Plant Nano Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4, P. 100033 - 100033

Published: May 1, 2023

A vital component of any country's economic growth is agricultural development. Food scarcity one the major concerns, owing to negative consequences environmental factors. By minimizing adverse impacts, enhancing food security and productivity, fostering social commercial equity, nanotechnology has possibility have a beneficial influence on agrifood industries. This will increase input efficiency decrease relevant losses. Through physical chemical processes, development nanoparticles (NPs) detrimental effect ecosystem. Thus, in past few decades, investigations shifted toward green synthesis support growing use NPs. Green using various microorganisms offers more reliable sustainable alternative traditional synthetic techniques for producing NPs biocompatible protocols. One most applications increased specific surface area 'nanomaterials' production nanofertilizers. Additionally, as distinct agrochemical carriers, allow sitetargeted, regulated nutrition delivery with improved crop protection. The current review addresses updated information diverse greensynthesized metallic agriculture

Language: Английский

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