Nanoparticles as catalysts of agricultural revolution: enhancing crop tolerance to abiotic stress: a review

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Jan. 17, 2025

Ensuring global food security and achieving sustainable agricultural productivity remains one of the foremost challenges contemporary era. The increasing impacts climate change environmental stressors like drought, salinity, heavy metal (HM) toxicity threaten crop worldwide. Addressing these demands development innovative technologies that can increase production, reduce impacts, bolster resilience agroecosystems against variation. Nanotechnology, particularly application nanoparticles (NPs), represents an approach to strengthen enhance sustainability agriculture. NPs have special physicochemical properties, including a high surface-area-to-volume ratio ability penetrate plant tissues, which enhances nutrient uptake, stress resistance, photosynthetic efficiency. This review paper explores how abiotic impact crops role in bolstering resistance challenges. main emphasis is on potential boost tolerance by triggering defense mechanisms, improving growth under stress, yield. demonstrated addressing key challenges, such as leaching, declining soil fertility, reduced yield due poor water management. However, applying must consider regulatory concerns, accumulation, non-target organisms, consumer perceptions NP-enhanced products. To mitigate land should be integrated with precision agriculture technologies, allowing targeted nano-fertilizers nano-pesticides. Although further research necessary assess their advantages address present promising cost-effective for enhancing future.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the efficacy of green nanoparticles in enhancing plant defense: a mechanistic investigation into immune response activation

Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 27(2)

Published: Jan. 24, 2025

Language: Английский

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Nanoparticles: a promising tool against environmental stress in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Jan. 27, 2025

With a focus on plant tolerance to environmental challenges, nanotechnology has emerged as potent instrument for assisting crops and boosting agricultural production in the face of growing worldwide population. Nanoparticles (NPs) systems may interact molecularly change stress response, growth, development. NPs feed nutrients plants, prevent diseases pathogens, detect monitor trace components soil by absorbing their signals. More excellent knowledge processes that help plants survive various stressors would aid creating more long-term strategies combat these challenges. Despite many studies NPs’ use agriculture, we reviewed types anticipated molecular metabolic effects upon entering cells. In addition, discussed different applications against all stresses. Lastly, introduced risks, difficulties, prospects.

Language: Английский

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Efficacy of Nano and Conventional Zinc and Silicon Fertilizers for Nutrient Use Efficiency and Yield Benefits in Maize Under Saline Field Conditions

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 673 - 673

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

The increasing severity of salinity stress, exacerbated by climate change, poses significant challenges to sustainable agriculture, particularly in salt-affected regions. Soil salinity, impacting approximately 20% irrigated lands, severely reduces crop productivity disrupting plants’ physiological and biochemical processes. This study evaluates the effectiveness zinc (Zn) silicon (Si) nanofertilizers improving maize (Zea mays L.) growth, nutrient uptake, yield under both saline non-saline field conditions. ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via co-precipitation method due its ability produce highly pure uniform particles, while sol–gel was chosen for SiO2 NPs ensure precise control over particle size enhanced surface activity. characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, TEM-EDX, confirming their crystalline nature, morphology, nanoscale (ZnO~12 nm, SiO2~15 nm). A split-plot experiment conducted assess effects nano conventional Zn Si fertilizers. applied at 10 ppm (22.5 kg/ha) 90 (201 kg/ha). Various agronomic, chemical, parameters then evaluated. results demonstrated that Zn/Si significantly cob length grain yield. Nano led highest biomass increase (110%) improved use efficiency 105% 110% conditions compared control. Under uptake efficiency, reduced sodium accumulation, increased 66% 106%, respectively, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) highlighted a strong correlation between applications with harvest index contents shoots, along other attributes. These findings highlight nanotechnology-based fertilizers can mitigate stress enhance productivity, providing promising strategy agriculture soils.

Language: Английский

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Can biostimulants enhance plant resilience to heat and water stress in the Mediterranean hotspot?

Plant Stress, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100802 - 100802

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Nano-Calcium Applications in Modern Agriculture: A Review

Plant Nano Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100147 - 100147

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Eco‐friendly fabrication of Zn‐based nanoparticles: implications in agricultural advancement and elucidation of toxicity aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 6, 2025

Abstract Zinc (Zn) is a vital micronutrient required for optimal plant growth and soil fertility. Its use in the form of nanoparticles (NPs) has gained significant attention agricultural applications. Green synthesized Zn‐based NPs offer an eco‐friendly solution to several conventional problems agriculture. Several plants, bacteria, fungi yeast have shown potential fabricating Zn that can provide environmentally friendly solutions agriculture approach aligned with sustainable practices, reducing dependency on harmful agrochemicals. act as promoters, enhance crop yield, promote resilience abiotic stressors are efficient protection agents. Their role smart delivery system, enabling targeted controlled release agrochemicals, further signifies their Because requires repeated applications hence, toxicological aspects cannot be ignored. reported cause phytotoxicity, including root damage, physiological biochemical disturbances, genotoxic effects. Furthermore, exposure poses risks microbiota, aquatic terrestrial organisms potentially impacting ecosystem. The green synthesis promising aspect advancing by agrochemical improving productivity. diverse protectants systems emphasize potential. However, essential ensure standardization doses safe effective use. Further research would help address such concerns developing viable modern © 2025 Society Chemical Industry.

Language: Английский

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Nanoomics: Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Agriculture, Enhancing Plant Growth, and Maximizing Yield

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 14

Published: April 8, 2025

Language: Английский

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Boosting Sustainable Agriculture: How Nanofertilisers Tackle Abiotic Stress

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 28

Published: April 13, 2025

Language: Английский

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Study on soil salinity inversion of different crop types based on multi-time series

Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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