Nanotechnology–A new frontier of nano-farming in agricultural and food production and its development

M Haris, T Hussain, HI Mohamed, A Khan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The potential of nanotechnology for the development of sustainable agriculture has been
promising. The initiatives to meet the rising food needs of the rapidly growing world …

Dual effect of nanomaterials on germination and seedling growth: Stimulation vs. phytotoxicity

R Szőllősi, Á Molnár, S Kondak, Z Kolbert - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to recent active research, a large amount of data has been accumulated regarding the
effects of different nanomaterials (mainly metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes …

Integrated usage of Trichoderma harzianum and biochar to ameliorate salt stress on spinach plants

M Sofy, H Mohamed, M Dawood… - Archives of Agronomy …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Salinity is among the most significant threats hindering global food security. The impact of
Trichoderma, biochar, and combination on Spinach plants under salt stress conditions was …

Nanopriming with phytosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles for promoting germination and starch metabolism in rice seeds

D Sharma, S Afzal, NK Singh - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) in agricultural field is emerging and
relatively new. In this work, a simple, cost-efficient, non-toxic and eco-friendly method for the …

Ameliorating seed germination and seedling growth of nano-primed wheat and flax seeds using seven biogenic metal-based nanoparticles

M Bayat, M Zargar, KMS Murtazova, MR Nakhaev… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, large-scale agriculture has led to increasing crop production. To increase crop
productivity in large-scale cropping systems, attempts have been made to make nano …

Foliar sprayed green zinc oxide nanoparticles mitigate drought-induced oxidative stress in tomato

M El-Zohri, NA Al-Wadaani, SO Bafeel - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study explored the effectiveness of green zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) foliar
spray on tomato growth and oxidative stress relief under drought conditions. Tomato plant …

Myco-engineered selenium nanoparticles elicit resistance against tomato late blight disease by regulating differential expression of cellular, biochemical and defense …

SM Joshi, S De Britto, S Jogaiah - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
With the advent of rapid evolution of oomycete pathogen lineages, the need for sustainable
agriculture practices has become the need of the hour. The late blight of tomato caused by …

Green Synthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles from Berberis balochistanica Stem for Investigating Bioactivities

S Uddin, LB Safdar, S Anwar, J Iqbal, S Laila… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Green synthesis of nanomaterials is advancing due to its ease of synthesis,
inexpensiveness, nontoxicity and renewability. In the present study, an eco-friendly biogenic …

Sustainable Production of Tomato Plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Low-Quality Irrigation Water as Affected by Bio-Nanofertilizers of Selenium and Copper

MM Saffan, MA Koriem, A El-Henawy, S El-Mahdy… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Under the global water crisis, utilizing low-quality water sources in agriculture for irrigation
has offered an effective solution to address the shortage of water. Using an excess of low …

Responses of medicinal and aromatic plants to engineered nanoparticles

K Kralova, J Jampilek - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Medicinal and aromatic plants have been used by mankind since ancient times. This is
primarily due to their healing effects associated with their specific secondary metabolites …