Recently, the field of nanotechnology has been gaining an increased interest in plant science, especially for the application of nanomaterials as vehicles of agrochemicals or biomolecules in plants, and the great potential to enhance crop productivity. In addition, nanotechnology provides significant potential to address global agricultural production, security, biodiversity, and global warming challenges. The field of nanotechnology has expanded the boundaries of research in agriculture and has given new possibilities of employing nanoparticles to elevate plant tolerance and provide protection against biotic and abiotic stresses. Nanotechnology application in agriculture will help to reduce the environmental release of agrochemicals like pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. This will not only help in reducing pollution but also help in reducing the input cost of cropping.
Agriculture on our planet faces many challenges due to environmental stresses, limiting the plants' growth and causing yield loss, thus inciting food crises across the world. Plant stress can be divided into two primary categories namely abiotic stress and biotic stress. Abiotic stress imposed on plants by environment may be either physical or chemical, while biotic stress exposed to the crop plants is a biological unit like diseases, insects, etc. To attain sustainable agricultural production and ensure food safety, there is a demand to elevate the stress forbearance in plants. Thus, new approaches such as nanotechnology are regarded as effective and promising tools for modulation of crop yield to overcome current and future constraints in sustainable agricultural production by upgrading the plant tolerance mechanism under stress conditions.
In this Research Topic, we urge experts to consider submitting reviews and research papers aiming to highlight the most recent and promising developments in this field, covering the following sub-topics:
• Nanobiotechnology
• Nanofertilizers and nanopesticides
• Nano diagnosis and Nanotherapy of plant diseases
• Nanotechnology and plant stress response
• Nano-bio stimulation
• Nanotechnology in sustainable agriculture
• Nanotoxicity, regulations, biosafety
• Green chemistry nano-synthesis
• Biosynthesized nanoparticles from plants
• Nanosensors application in agriculture
Recently, the field of nanotechnology has been gaining an increased interest in plant science, especially for the application of nanomaterials as vehicles of agrochemicals or biomolecules in plants, and the great potential to enhance crop productivity. In addition, nanotechnology provides significant potential to address global agricultural production, security, biodiversity, and global warming challenges. The field of nanotechnology has expanded the boundaries of research in agriculture and has given new possibilities of employing nanoparticles to elevate plant tolerance and provide protection against biotic and abiotic stresses. Nanotechnology application in agriculture will help to reduce the environmental release of agrochemicals like pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. This will not only help in reducing pollution but also help in reducing the input cost of cropping.
Agriculture on our planet faces many challenges due to environmental stresses, limiting the plants' growth and causing yield loss, thus inciting food crises across the world. Plant stress can be divided into two primary categories namely abiotic stress and biotic stress. Abiotic stress imposed on plants by environment may be either physical or chemical, while biotic stress exposed to the crop plants is a biological unit like diseases, insects, etc. To attain sustainable agricultural production and ensure food safety, there is a demand to elevate the stress forbearance in plants. Thus, new approaches such as nanotechnology are regarded as effective and promising tools for modulation of crop yield to overcome current and future constraints in sustainable agricultural production by upgrading the plant tolerance mechanism under stress conditions.
In this Research Topic, we urge experts to consider submitting reviews and research papers aiming to highlight the most recent and promising developments in this field, covering the following sub-topics:
• Nanobiotechnology
• Nanofertilizers and nanopesticides
• Nano diagnosis and Nanotherapy of plant diseases
• Nanotechnology and plant stress response
• Nano-bio stimulation
• Nanotechnology in sustainable agriculture
• Nanotoxicity, regulations, biosafety
• Green chemistry nano-synthesis
• Biosynthesized nanoparticles from plants
• Nanosensors application in agriculture
