A comprehensive overview of nanotechnology in sustainable agriculture

Current Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Photosynthetic Bioproduction in Cyanobacteria

“…Similarly to eukaryotic organelles, the external structure shields the internal enzymatic core from the cytosolic environment [ 265 ]. These structures may be exploited as cargo carriers for the delivery of molecules, as bioactive compounds with pharmacological properties and as agrochemicals and biomolecules within the scope of phyto-nanotechnology [ 266 , 267 ].…”

“…Plant scientists have obviously raised intense interest in this compartment and the engineering of agricultural plants for increasing plant carbon fixation efficiency with cyanobacterial carboxysomes has been attempted [ 269 ]. Delivery of enzymes or metabolic pathways into plant systems would ensure the transient expression of biomolecules, thus avoiding complicated transgene integration processes and the transfer of modified traits to the subsequent generations [ 266 , 267 ].…”

Perinatal exposure to foodborne inorganic nanoparticles: A role in the susceptibility to food allergy?

“…The agrochemical industry is the first sector to show an increased interest in the use of nanotechnology, according to the French annual declaration of “substances in the nanoparticular state” (R-Nano register: https://www.r-nano.fr/ ). This concerns, for example, the development of new biocidal product formulations called nanopesticides, which correspond either to small particulates produced from an active ingredient of traditional pesticides (nano-emulsions, nano-suspensions) or to small structures like nano-spheres and micelles, which are used to encapsulate various active principles ( 72 , 73 ). Furthermore, nutrients can be encapsulated or coated with nanomaterials for the controlled and gradual delivery of one or more nutrients, known as nanofertilizers ( 74 ).…”

Hacia la ciudadanía transdigital

“…La nanotecnología ha sido parte importante de grandes avances en investigación aplicada a la agricultura (Arora et al, 2022), purificación de aguas (Tom, 2021), cosméticos (Dubey et al, 2022), energía (Ukkund et al, 2022), deportes (Gharehaghaji, 2019), dispositivos electrónicos (Jadhav & Jadhav, 2018), transporte (Mathew et al, 2019), textiles (Shah et al, 2022), biorremediación (Tufail et al, 2022) y medicina (Sahu et al, 2021). La Nanotecnología se puede subdividir en cuatro ramas con campos de acción (figura 2): I) Nanoestructuras (Química y Materiales); II) Nanoprocesos y Metrología; III) Nanomedicina y Nanobiotecnología; y, IV) Nanodispositivos y Nanoelectrónica.…”