Global crop production is greatly affected by abiotic stresses including drought, salt, and potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs). Recently, the agricultural use of nanoparticles (NPs) has greatly increased, especially under stressful conditions. NPs have a great ability to combat abiotic stresses in plants and could be an effective treatment technology. At the same time, the production and use of NPs have caused public concern due to their potential release into the environment. Eco-friendly and sustainable green nanotechnologies that can solve global challenges in a sustainable way are now called for. Thus, there is a need to advance our understanding of the interactions between NPs and abiotic stresses in plants, as most of the NPs that can be taken up by plants end up in soil through various pathways.
In the light of the significant potential of NPs when it comes to combating abiotic stresses in plants, the interest in NPs research has risen considerably over the last decade. This Research Topic focuses on the use of NPs for drought, salt, PTEs, and other abiotic stress mitigation in plants at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, as well as the interaction of NPs at the soil-plant interface under abiotic stress in plants. Risk assessments of the combined effects of abiotic stress and NPs in agricultural ecosystems are also welcomed.
We invite authors to submit manuscripts on themes that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Different approaches to designing NPs for agriculture applications: green synthesis vs chemical synthesis;
• The advantages and disadvantages of using various types of NPs in agriculture;
• Recent applications of engineered NPs in plants subjected to abiotic stresses;
• Interactions of NPs and abiotic stresses in plants at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels;
• Interactions of NPs at the soil-plant interface and impacts on their eco-toxicity under abiotic stresses;
• The application of omics technologies to address NPs and abiotic stresses in plants;
• The environmental fate of NPs in plants under abiotic stresses;
• NPs composites for abiotic stress remediation in plants;
• The combined effects of NPs and other amendments under abiotic stresses in plants;
• Risk assessment of the combined effects of abiotic stresses and NPs in agricultural ecosystems;
• The interaction of NPs with phytohormones and abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
Global crop production is greatly affected by abiotic stresses including drought, salt, and potentially toxic trace elements (PTEs). Recently, the agricultural use of nanoparticles (NPs) has greatly increased, especially under stressful conditions. NPs have a great ability to combat abiotic stresses in plants and could be an effective treatment technology. At the same time, the production and use of NPs have caused public concern due to their potential release into the environment. Eco-friendly and sustainable green nanotechnologies that can solve global challenges in a sustainable way are now called for. Thus, there is a need to advance our understanding of the interactions between NPs and abiotic stresses in plants, as most of the NPs that can be taken up by plants end up in soil through various pathways.
In the light of the significant potential of NPs when it comes to combating abiotic stresses in plants, the interest in NPs research has risen considerably over the last decade. This Research Topic focuses on the use of NPs for drought, salt, PTEs, and other abiotic stress mitigation in plants at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, as well as the interaction of NPs at the soil-plant interface under abiotic stress in plants. Risk assessments of the combined effects of abiotic stress and NPs in agricultural ecosystems are also welcomed.
We invite authors to submit manuscripts on themes that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Different approaches to designing NPs for agriculture applications: green synthesis vs chemical synthesis;
• The advantages and disadvantages of using various types of NPs in agriculture;
• Recent applications of engineered NPs in plants subjected to abiotic stresses;
• Interactions of NPs and abiotic stresses in plants at physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels;
• Interactions of NPs at the soil-plant interface and impacts on their eco-toxicity under abiotic stresses;
• The application of omics technologies to address NPs and abiotic stresses in plants;
• The environmental fate of NPs in plants under abiotic stresses;
• NPs composites for abiotic stress remediation in plants;
• The combined effects of NPs and other amendments under abiotic stresses in plants;
• Risk assessment of the combined effects of abiotic stresses and NPs in agricultural ecosystems;
• The interaction of NPs with phytohormones and abiotic stress tolerance in plants.
