Unraveling the role of nanoparticles in improving plant resilience under environmental stress condition

Plant and Soil, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 503(1-2), С. 313 - 330

Опубликована: Март 12, 2024

Abstract Background As the world grapples with increasing agricultural demands and unpredictable environmental stressors, there is a pressing need to improve plant resilience. Therefore, understanding pioneering role of nanoparticles in alleviating stress crucial for developing stress-resilient varieties enhance food secure world. Nanoparticles have unique physical chemical properties, demonstrate their potential growth, nutrient utilization, tolerance. This review delves into mechanistic insights nanoparticle-plant interactions, highlighting how these tiny particles can mitigate diverse stressors such as drought, salinity, heavy metal toxicity. The action different types nanoparticles, including metal, carbon-based, biogenic are discussed context interaction physiology responses. Aims article also explores drawbacks implications nanoparticle use, emphasizing responsible sustainable applications. this study aimed offer exciting possibilities managing both biotic abiotic species, from improving water-use efficiency resilience via nanotechnology. Conclusions Future research directions suggested, focusing on nano-bioengineering precision agriculture create crops security. Through lens interdisciplinary research, paper underscores significance innovative tools realm agriculture, catalyzing paradigm shift towards farming systems.

Язык: Английский

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Zein-Based Nanoparticles as Active Platforms for Sustainable Applications: Recent Advances and Perspectives

Nanomaterials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(5), С. 414 - 414

Опубликована: Фев. 23, 2024

Nanomaterials, due to their unique structural and functional features, are widely investigated for potential applications in a wide range of industrial sectors. In this context, protein-based nanoparticles, given proteins’ abundance, non-toxicity, stability, offer promising sustainable methodology encapsulation protection, can be used engineered nanocarriers that capable releasing active compounds on demand. Zein is plant-based protein extracted from corn, it biocompatible, biodegradable, amphiphilic. Several approaches technologies currently involved zein-based nanoparticle preparation, such as antisolvent precipitation, spray drying, supercritical processes, coacervation, emulsion procedures. Thanks peculiar characteristics, nanoparticles targeted application fields drug delivery, bioimaging, or soft tissue engineering, reported by others. The main goal review investigate the use different advanced including food/food packaging, cosmetics, agriculture, which attracting researchers’ efforts, exploit future development zein NPs field cultural heritage, still relatively unexplored. Moreover, presented overview focuses several preparation methods (i.e., spry drying), correlating analyzed methodologies NPs’ properties capability act carriers bioactive compounds, both preserve activity tune release specific working conditions.

Язык: Английский

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Unlocking nature's potential: Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and their multifaceted applications – A concise overview

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(1), С. 101774 - 101774

Опубликована: Ноя. 25, 2023

In recent years, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZNPs) have gained tremendous attention attributed to their unique properties. It is the most desirable group of nanostructures as far both structure and properties are concerned. an adaptable material that has distinctive properties, such high sensitivity, large specific area, non-toxicity, good compatibility, a isoelectric point, which favors it be considered with few exceptions. They utilized in expanding number mechanical items, for example, elastic, paint, coating, cosmetics, supercapacitors, Lithium batteries, color-sensitized sun-powered cells, photocatalysis, biosensors, biomedical characteristic applications. brought promising potential up biomedicine, especially fields anticancer antibacterial fields, locked solid ability trigger plenitude reactive oxygen species (ROS) creation, discharge particles, instigate cell apoptosis. ZNPs also been successfully transport load drugs target locations drug carriers, reducing undesirable toxicity non-target effects increasing synergistic effects. addition, display outstanding light assets this property made them one chief bioimaging applicants Thus, paper reviews biological synthesis by microbes, mechanisms synthesis, parameters optimization process application antimicrobial agent feed supplement animal industry well toxicological hazards on animals. Here, we summarize advances will helpful facilitating future research progress focusing fields.

Язык: Английский

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Nanoparticles in Soil Reclamation: A Review of Their Role in Reducing Soil Compaction

Air Soil and Water Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Rapid population growth and increased use of agricultural technology have exacerbated agrarian problems. While mechanization has improved production, the heavy machinery for planting, irrigation, harvesting resulted in soil compaction. Soil compaction reduces pore space increases bulk density, which hinders plant growth. Globally, automated agriculture reduced crop production by more than 50%. In developing countries, grazing animals fields root penetration, nutrient absorption, water infiltration, increasing risk erosion runoff. The study investigates novel ways to reduce compaction, namely utilization nanoparticles (NPs) nanotechnology (NT). NPs unique qualities that can improve mechanical properties soil, increase its strength, minimize Some such as Carbon nanotubes, nanolites, nanosilica, nanoclay been demonstrated fertility, retention, structural stability. environmental pollutants while improving quality. However, questions about their long-term biodegradability, ecological toxicity, health effects require further investigation. also addressed how affect environment human health. Their small size raises concerns potential exposure toxicity individuals ecosystems. paper briefly discusses economic regulatory considerations related use, disposal NPs, emphasizing need comprehensive legislation, impact studies, stakeholder involvement decision-making. Although offer promise sustainable practices, research is necessary optimize ensure safety, well gain a better understanding interactions with physics.

Язык: Английский

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Nano-Management Approaches for Salt Tolerance in Plants under Field and In Vitro Conditions

Agronomy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(11), С. 2695 - 2695

Опубликована: Окт. 26, 2023

Soil salinity is a serious global problem that threatens high percentage of the soils. Salinity stress can create ionic, oxidative, and osmotic stress, along with hormonal imbalances, in stressful plants. This kind was investigated on agricultural productivity at different levels, starting vitro (plant tissue culture), through hydroponics, pots, field conditions. Several approaches were studied for managing including using traditional materials (e.g., gypsum, sulfur), organic amendments compost, biochar, chitosan), applied manufactured or engineered nanomaterials (NMs). Application ameliorating has gained great attention due to their efficiency, eco-friendliness, non-toxicity, especially biological nanomaterials. The application NMs did not only support growing plants under but also increased yield crops, provided an economically feasible nutrient management approach, environmentally robust sustainable crop productivity. Nano-management may involve applying nano-amendments, nanomaterials, nano-enabled nutrients, nano-organic amendments, derived smart nanostructures, nano-tolerant plant cultivars. Producing cultivars are tolerant be achieved conventional breeding plantomics technologies. In addition large-scale use there urgent need address treat nanotoxicity. study aims contribute this area research by exploring nano-management current practices raises many questions regarding expected interaction between toxic effects such includes whether acts positively negatively cultivated soil activity, what regulatory ecotoxicity tests protocols should used research.

Язык: Английский

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Microbial Production of Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(17), С. 7496 - 7496

Опубликована: Авг. 29, 2024

Food security is threatened by biotic stress on crops, e.g., from invasive pests, in the context of climate change. Pest control has traditionally been achieved using synthetic pesticides, yet pollution and persistence toxicity some pesticides are inducing food contamination and, turn, generating public concern. As a consequence, biopesticides increasingly used, notably for organic crops. For instance, microorganisms produce biopesticidal compounds such as secondary metabolites or growth-inhibitory enzymes. Most reviews this topic mainly focus describing microbial species their active compounds. However, there very few studies various process parameters. Here, we review both factors controlling physicochemical conditions scaling up biopesticide production. We present bacteria (e.g., Bacillus thuringiensis), algae, fungi, viruses biocontrol mechanisms applications commercial biopesticides. The benefits genetic engineering enhancing activity drawbacks commercialization also discussed.

Язык: Английский

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Sustainable Water Management in Horticulture: Problems, Premises, and Promises

Horticulturae, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(9), С. 951 - 951

Опубликована: Сен. 6, 2024

Water is crucial for enduring horticultural productivity, but high water-use requirements and declining water supplies with the changing climate challenge economic viability, environmental sustainability, social justice. While scholarly literature pertaining to management in horticulture abounds, knowledge of practices technologies that optimize use scarce. Here, we review scientific relating crops, impacts on resources, opportunities improving water- transpiration-use efficiency. We find crops vary widely, depending crop type, development stage, agroecological region, investigations hitherto have primarily been superficial. Expansion sector has depleted polluted resources via overextraction agrochemical contamination, extent significance such issues are not well quantified. contend innovative irrigation can improve tactical mitigate impacts. Nature-based solutions horticulture—mulching, organic amendments, hydrogels, like—alleviate needs, information their effectiveness across production systems regions limited. Novel recycled sources (e.g., treated wastewater, desalination) would seem promising avenues reducing dependence natural detrimental human health trade-offs if managed. Irrigation including partial root-zone drying regulated deficit evoke remarkable improvements efficiency, require significant experience efficient implementation. More advanced applications, IoT AI sensors, big data, data analytics, digital twins), demonstrable potential supporting smart (focused scheduling) precision (improving spatial distribution). adoption sustainability increasing, application within industry as a whole remains its infancy. Further research, development, extension called enable successful adaptation change, sustainably intensify food security, align other Sustainable Development Goals.

Язык: Английский

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Evaluation of the altered enzymatic and pollen activity in sunflower on application of Nanoparticles

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 220, С. 109471 - 109471

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Nanoparticles: a promising tool against environmental stress in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Nano urea’s environmental edge and economic efficacy in boosting wheat grain yield across diverse Indian agro-climates

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 15(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 28, 2025

The gradual increase in the consumption of mineral nitrogen is leading to heightened levels harmful air pollutants, particularly N2O emissions from agriculture sector. A potential solution address issues arising excessive use urea wheat substitution conventional with nano urea. This study aimed quantify effects urea, both independently and conjunction prilled under various agroclimatic sowing conditions India. To achieve this objective, a multi-location field experiment on was conducted irrigated across 21 locations 13 different treatments during agricultural seasons 2021–2022 2022–2023. experiments followed randomized block design three replications, covering diverse agro-climatic regions Analysis combined data multiple years revealed that applying recommended dose (RDN), i.e., 150 kg/ha NWPZ (North western plains zone) NEPZ eastern zone), 120 CZ (Central PZ (Peninsular along two sprays resulted significant grain yield 7.6%, 8.0%, 5.5%, 9.1% NWPZ, NEPZ, CZ, PZ, respectively, compared RDN alone. Notably, using 75% either or 5% showed non-significant (P ≥ 0.05) difference full RDN. From perspective higher net benefits, combination emerged as most favourable option. On other hand, considering marginal rate return (MRR), proved be more advantageous for farmers zones. In conclusion, environmentally friendly practices such present promising alternatives Indian seeking enhance yield. Thus, practice can save 25% (1.02 billion kg) which reduce 5.06 kg CO2 equivalent annually over play role achieving goal zero by 2070

Язык: Английский

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