Nanofertilizer use for sustainable agriculture: Advantages and limitations

F Zulfiqar, M Navarro, M Ashraf, NA Akram… - Plant science, 2019 - Elsevier
Nutrient fertilization plays a critical role in maintaining soil fertility and improving crop
productivity and quality. Precise nutrient management of horticultural crops is a major …

Metal/metalloid-based nanomaterials for plant abiotic stress tolerance: An overview of the mechanisms

M Sarraf, K Vishwakarma, V Kumar, N Arif, S Das… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
In agriculture, abiotic stress is one of the critical issues impacting the crop productivity and
yield. Such stress factors lead to the generation of reactive oxygen species, membrane …

Nanofertilizers for agricultural and environmental sustainability

S Babu, R Singh, D Yadav, SS Rathore, R Raj… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers in the agricultural production systems to keep pace
with the food and nutritional demand of the galloping population had an adverse impact on …

[PDF][PDF] Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, TA Ternes - Anal. Chem, 2018 - researchgate.net
This biennial Review covers developments in water analysis for emerging environmental
contaminants over the period of October 2015− October 2017. Analytical Chemistry's policy …

[HTML][HTML] The emergence of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) as a phytomedicine: A two-facet role in plant growth, nano-toxicity and anti-phyto-microbial activity

R Bhattacharjee, L Kumar, N Mukerjee, U Anand… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) has recently emerged as an area of high interest owing to
the rapid surge of AMR phenotypes. Metal oxide NPs (MeONPs) have been identified as …

Effects of zinc-oxide nanoparticles on soil, plants, animals and soil organisms: A review

VD Rajput, TM Minkina, A Behal, SN Sushkova… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc-oxide nanoparticles are being used in a wide range of commercial applications and are
therefore expected to find their way into the soil ecosystem. Problems concerning Zinc-oxide …

Interactions between plant hormones and heavy metals responses

L Bücker-Neto, ALS Paiva, RD Machado… - … and molecular biology, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Heavy metals are natural non-biodegradable constituents of the Earth's crust that
accumulate and persist indefinitely in the ecosystem as a result of human activities. Since …

Role of nanoparticles in crop improvement and abiotic stress management

A Singh, S Tiwari, J Pandey, C Lata, IK Singh - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) possess specific physical and chemical features and they are capable
enough to cross cellular barriers and show their effect on living organisms. Their capability …

Nanoparticles as novel elicitors to improve bioactive compounds in plants

SJ Rivero-Montejo, M Vargas-Hernandez… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bioactive compounds (eg, flavonoids, phenolics acids, alkaloids and carotenoids) are
commercially-valued products, due to their wide array of applications in the medical …

Nanoparticles alter secondary metabolism in plants via ROS burst

G Marslin, CJ Sheeba, G Franklin - Frontiers in plant science, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The particles within the size range of 1 and 100 nm are known as nanoparticles (NPs). NP-
containing wastes released from household, industrial and medical products are emerging …