Nanotechnology can provide new solutions to major challenges of plant agriculture. Most of investigations on interactions of plants with nano-sized materials were performed using engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). The fast ENMs uptake by plants was documented by the number of analytical and microscopic techniques. This observation raised a question about the safety of plants contaminated with ENMs for consumers. In a very recent past biodegradable, biocompatible nano-polymers such as certain polysaccharides, lipids, poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA), polylactide (PLA) and others were suggested as safe alternative for engineered nanomaterials used in wide range agricultural and food applications. Both synthetic and natural polymers can be used as nano-delivery systems, sensors, material for food packaging and many other agricultural applications. Although naturally-derived particles can be depredated in environment with time, synthetic polymers are still raising concern related to possible environmental contamination.
This Research Topic will bring together the latest advances in the field of understanding the interactions between plants/plant cells and biodegradable polymeric materials. We will cover themes related to new biological effects of naturally derived and synthetic polymeric nanoparticles in planta, new applications of such nanomaterials for plant agriculture, food industry and plant genetic engineering, methods of detection of biodegradable nanoparticles in plant tissues as well as possible risks associated with involvement of polymeric nanomaterials into environment and food chain.
We will include contributions on themes such as:
- New studies on interactions of polymeric biodegradable nanomaterials with plants - Original Research articles.
- New methods of detection of polymeric nanomaterials in plant organs - Original Research articles.
- Uptake, fate, and transport of polymeric nanoparticles in plants - Original Research, Review articles.
- New applications of polymeric nanomaterials in plant agriculture (sensors, new growth regulators) - Original Research articles.
- Developing nano-delivery systems for agriculture and food applications with nature-derived polymers - Original Research, Mini-Review articles.
- Understanding of risks associated with introduction of polymeric nanoparticles into environment and food chain - Original Research, Mini-Review articles.
Nanotechnology can provide new solutions to major challenges of plant agriculture. Most of investigations on interactions of plants with nano-sized materials were performed using engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). The fast ENMs uptake by plants was documented by the number of analytical and microscopic techniques. This observation raised a question about the safety of plants contaminated with ENMs for consumers. In a very recent past biodegradable, biocompatible nano-polymers such as certain polysaccharides, lipids, poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA), polylactide (PLA) and others were suggested as safe alternative for engineered nanomaterials used in wide range agricultural and food applications. Both synthetic and natural polymers can be used as nano-delivery systems, sensors, material for food packaging and many other agricultural applications. Although naturally-derived particles can be depredated in environment with time, synthetic polymers are still raising concern related to possible environmental contamination.
This Research Topic will bring together the latest advances in the field of understanding the interactions between plants/plant cells and biodegradable polymeric materials. We will cover themes related to new biological effects of naturally derived and synthetic polymeric nanoparticles in planta, new applications of such nanomaterials for plant agriculture, food industry and plant genetic engineering, methods of detection of biodegradable nanoparticles in plant tissues as well as possible risks associated with involvement of polymeric nanomaterials into environment and food chain.
We will include contributions on themes such as:
- New studies on interactions of polymeric biodegradable nanomaterials with plants - Original Research articles.
- New methods of detection of polymeric nanomaterials in plant organs - Original Research articles.
- Uptake, fate, and transport of polymeric nanoparticles in plants - Original Research, Review articles.
- New applications of polymeric nanomaterials in plant agriculture (sensors, new growth regulators) - Original Research articles.
- Developing nano-delivery systems for agriculture and food applications with nature-derived polymers - Original Research, Mini-Review articles.
- Understanding of risks associated with introduction of polymeric nanoparticles into environment and food chain - Original Research, Mini-Review articles.