A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants
Climate change is more likely to have a detrimental effect on the world’s productive assets. Several undesirable conditions and practices, including extreme temperature, drought, and uncontrolled use of agrochemicals, result in stresses that strain agriculture. In addition, nutritional inadequacies...
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| author | Ved Prakash Giri Pallavi Shukla Ashutosh Tripathi Priya Verma Navinit Kumar Shipra Pandey Christian O. Dimkpa Aradhana Mishra |
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| description | Climate change is more likely to have a detrimental effect on the world’s productive assets. Several undesirable conditions and practices, including extreme temperature, drought, and uncontrolled use of agrochemicals, result in stresses that strain agriculture. In addition, nutritional inadequacies in food crops are wreaking havoc on human health, especially in rural regions of less developed countries. This could be because plants are unable to absorb the nutrients in conventional fertilizers, or these fertilizers have an inappropriate or unbalanced nutrient composition. Chemical fertilizers have been used for centuries and have considerably increased crop yields. However, they also disrupt soil quality and structure, eventually impacting the entire ecosystem. To address the situation, it is necessary to develop advanced materials that can release nutrients to targeted points in the plant-soil environment or appropriate receptors on the leaf in the case of foliar applications. Recently, nanotechnology-based interventions have been strongly encouraged to meet the world’s growing food demand and to promote food security in an environmentally friendly manner. Biological approaches for the synthesis of nanoscale agro-materials have become a promising area of research, with a wide range of product types such as nanopesticides, nanoinsecticides, nanoherbicides, nanobactericides/fungicides, bio-conjugated nanocomplexes, and nanoemulsions emerging therefrom. These materials are more sustainable and target-oriented than conventional agrochemicals. In this paper, we reviewed the literature on major abiotic and biotic stresses that are detrimental to plant growth and productivity. We comprehensively discussed the different forms of nanoscale agro-materials and provided an overview of biological approaches in nano-enabled strategies that can efficiently alleviate plant biotic and abiotic stresses while potentially enhancing the nutritional values of plants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e6b6baea278e43f3a498ad203e414a8a2023-11-16T22:47:51ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472023-02-0112481510.3390/plants12040815A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of PlantsVed Prakash Giri0Pallavi Shukla1Ashutosh Tripathi2Priya Verma3Navinit Kumar4Shipra Pandey5Christian O. Dimkpa6Aradhana Mishra7Division of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaDivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaDivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaDivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaDivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaDivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaThe Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USADivision of Microbial Technology, CSIR—National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow 226001, IndiaClimate change is more likely to have a detrimental effect on the world’s productive assets. Several undesirable conditions and practices, including extreme temperature, drought, and uncontrolled use of agrochemicals, result in stresses that strain agriculture. In addition, nutritional inadequacies in food crops are wreaking havoc on human health, especially in rural regions of less developed countries. This could be because plants are unable to absorb the nutrients in conventional fertilizers, or these fertilizers have an inappropriate or unbalanced nutrient composition. Chemical fertilizers have been used for centuries and have considerably increased crop yields. However, they also disrupt soil quality and structure, eventually impacting the entire ecosystem. To address the situation, it is necessary to develop advanced materials that can release nutrients to targeted points in the plant-soil environment or appropriate receptors on the leaf in the case of foliar applications. Recently, nanotechnology-based interventions have been strongly encouraged to meet the world’s growing food demand and to promote food security in an environmentally friendly manner. Biological approaches for the synthesis of nanoscale agro-materials have become a promising area of research, with a wide range of product types such as nanopesticides, nanoinsecticides, nanoherbicides, nanobactericides/fungicides, bio-conjugated nanocomplexes, and nanoemulsions emerging therefrom. These materials are more sustainable and target-oriented than conventional agrochemicals. In this paper, we reviewed the literature on major abiotic and biotic stresses that are detrimental to plant growth and productivity. We comprehensively discussed the different forms of nanoscale agro-materials and provided an overview of biological approaches in nano-enabled strategies that can efficiently alleviate plant biotic and abiotic stresses while potentially enhancing the nutritional values of plants.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/4/815agro-materialnano-enabled strategiesbiological approachesstress toleranceplant nutritional value |
| spellingShingle | Ved Prakash Giri Pallavi Shukla Ashutosh Tripathi Priya Verma Navinit Kumar Shipra Pandey Christian O. Dimkpa Aradhana Mishra A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants Plants agro-material nano-enabled strategies biological approaches stress tolerance plant nutritional value |
| title | A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants |
| title_full | A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants |
| title_short | A Review of Sustainable Use of Biogenic Nanoscale Agro-Materials to Enhance Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Value of Plants |
| title_sort | review of sustainable use of biogenic nanoscale agro materials to enhance stress tolerance and nutritional value of plants |
| topic | agro-material nano-enabled strategies biological approaches stress tolerance plant nutritional value |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/4/815 |
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