Nanotechnology in Agriculture: A Review

Joshi, Himangini; Meena, Dharmendra; Tank, Harish Kumar

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2018.712.205

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“…Nanomaterials are becoming popular in agricultural work because of the excellent properties of these particles. Many researchers have shown that nanostructure materials could be used in agriculture for the following: fertilizers for plant growth, improve seed material quality and yield [ 7 , 8 ], pesticides for pest and disease management [ 9 , 10 ], and sensors for monitoring soil quality and plant health [ 9 ].…”

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Influence of seed coating with copper, iron and zinc nanoparticles on growth and yield of tomato

Zhao¹,

Chen²,

Li³

et al. 2021

IET Nanobiotechnology

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Neutral nanoparticles (NPs) of copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) are widely used in agriculture. Polymer seed coating with different metal NPs may supply important nutrients during plant growth and consequently enhances yields. In this research, three kinds of metal NPs were conducted to optimize the optimal concentration through seed coating for improving plant growth and productivity of tomato. Seeds of Venice tomato cultivars were coated by polymer-based mixture with different concentrations of Cu, Fe and Zn NPs, respectively. At harvest, seed germination, internode length, average weight of single fruit, yield and fruit shape index were measured. When compared with control, the internode length increased by 7.3% and 6.8% with low concentration of Fe NPs and Zn NPs, respectively. The average weight per fruit improved over control by 10.2% and 7.5% with low concentration of Cu NPs and Fe NPs, respectively. The yield with low concentration of Cu NPs and Fe NPs increased the yield by 10.7% and 6.5% compared with control. These results indicated that polymer seed coating with low concentration of metal NPs may promote the uptake of some nutrient and thus improve the productivity of tomato.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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