Nanoparticulate material delivery to plants

Nair, Remya; Varghese, Saino Hanna; Nair, Baiju G.; Maekawa, Toru; Yoshida, Yasuhiko; Kumar, D. Sakthi

doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.04.012

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“…In addition, a variety of carbon-based, metal-and metal oxide-based dendrimers (nano-sized polymers), and bio-composites nanomaterials (Environment Protection Agency, EPA 2007;Nair et al 2010) are currently being developed. Their types include single-walled and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT/MWCNT), such as nanoparticle of magnetized iron, aluminum, copper, gold, silver, silica, zinc and zinc oxide, titanium dioxide, cerium oxide (Ce 2 O 3 ), etc.…”

Section: Nanotechnology Application In Plant Protectionmentioning

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Nanotechnology in agriculture, livestock, and aquaculture in China. A review

Huang

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Liu

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Nanoscience emerged in the late 1980s and is developed and applied in China since the middle of the 1990s. Although nanotechnologies have been less developed in agronomy than other disciplines, due to less investment, nanotechnologies have the potential to improve agricultural production. Here, we review more than 200 reports involving nanoscience in agriculture, livestock, and aquaculture. The major points are as follows: (1) nanotechnologies used for seeds and water improved plant germination, growth, yield, and quality. (2) Nanotechnologies could increase the storage period for vegetables and fruits. (3) For livestock and poultry breeding, nanotechnologies improved animals immunity, oxidation resistance, and production and decreased antibiotic use and manure odor. For instance, the average daily gain of pig increased by 9.9-15.3 %, the ratio of feedstuff to weight decreased by 7.5-10.3 %, and the diarrhea rate decreased by 55.6-66.7 %. (4) Nanotechnologies for water disinfection in fishpond increased water quality and increased yields and survivals of fish and prawn. (5) Nanotechnologies for pesticides increased pesticide performance threefold and reduced cost by 50 %. (6) Nano urea increased the agronomic efficiency of nitrogen fertilization by 44.5 % and the grain yield by 10.2 %, versus normal urea. (7) Nanotechnologies are widely used for rapid detection and diagnosis, notably for clinical examination, food safety testing, and animal epidemic surveillance. (8) Nanotechnologies may also have adverse effects that are so far not well known.

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Section: Nanotechnology Application In Plant Protectionmentioning

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Nanotechnology in agriculture, livestock, and aquaculture in China. A review

Huang

Wang

Liu

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Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…2 The success of nanotechnology applications in many industries, medicines, electronics and others enhanced the interesting in agricultural applications. 3 Firstly, the fear from toxicity of nanoparticles delayed their agricultural applications. Although more than 800 nanotechnologies-based consumer products are currently available worldwide, only 10 percent of these are foods, beverages and food packaging products.…”

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“…Nanotechnology can also serve in plant fertilizers industry, bio-production of energy, cleaning of water, controlling of plant diseases and sterilization. 3,8 In plant fertilization, nano applications can minimize nutrient leaching and increase the crop yield by controlling the release of nutrients due to plant query. 3,9 Studies are important for more learning about physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of plants due to exposure to nanoparticles.…”

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“…3,8 In plant fertilization, nano applications can minimize nutrient leaching and increase the crop yield by controlling the release of nutrients due to plant query. 3,9 Studies are important for more learning about physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of plants due to exposure to nanoparticles. Also, researches are needed to detect the mode of action of nanoparticles, their interaction with biomolecules and their impact on the regulation of gene expressions in plants.…”

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Nanotechnology and Its Application in Agriculture

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2016

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“…Through the use of different quantities of Neem extracts in nanoparticles formulations, which have higher azadirachtin concentration, it was possible to prepare colloidal suspensions containing a larger range of this marker. The values of absolute recovery and entrapment efficiency for three nanoparticles formulations containing different azadirachtin concentrations are described in designed in such a way that they possess all necessary properties such as effective concentration (with high solubility, stability and effectiveness), time controlled release in response to certain stimuli, enhance targeted activity and less ecotocity with safe and easy mode of delivery thus avoiding repeated application (Nair et al, 2010).…”

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