Abstract
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are being extensively used in electronics, cosmetics, sporting goods, and medicine. Only recently, use of metallic nanomaterials extended to agricultural production, which could lead to their buildup in arable lands and affect soil productivity. Several investigations, with different NPs and under different exposure conditions, have been conducted to understand the effects of metallic NPs on terrestrial plants. These studies have propelled the application of NPs as agrochemicals that are able to supply nutrients, combat pests and weeds, and alleviate abiotic stress. The applications of novel, high-throughput technologies and advanced spectroscopic techniques have been of great help to understand the complex metabolic responses of plants to NP exposure. However, there is still limited information about the interactions of metallic NPs with plant molecules and soil components and their repercussions on agricultural productivity. This work discusses the benefits and disadvantages that metallic NPs might represent for crops. Additionally, the effects of the metallic NPs on plant physiology are analyzed by scrutinizing recent spectroscopic and gene expression/transcriptomic studies.
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K- Cota-Ruiz is supported by a ConTex postdoctoral fellowship from the UT System and Conacyt, grant #1000001931. C-Valdes acknowledges the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), México. The authors acknowledge the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency under Cooperative Agreement Number DBI-1266377. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Environmental Protection Agency. This work has not been subjected to EPA review and no official endorsement should be inferred. The authors also acknowledge the USDA grant 2016-67021-24985 and the NSF Grants ERC-1449500, CHE-0840525 and DBI-1429708. Partial funding was provided by the NSF ERC on Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (ERC-1449500). This work was also supported by Grant 2G12MD007592 from the National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). J. L. Gardea-Torresdey acknowledges the Dudley family for the Endowed Research Professorship and the Academy of Applied Science/US Army Research Office, Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) at UTEP, grant #W11NF-10-2-0076, sub-grant 13-7. J. L. Gardea-Torresdey acknowledges to the University of Texas System’s STARs Retention Award.
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Cota-Ruiz, K., Valdes, C., Yuqing, Y., Hernandez-Viezcas, J.A., Peralta-Videa, J.R., Gardea-Torresdey, J.L. (2021). Responses of Terrestrial Plants to Metallic Nanomaterial Exposure: Mechanistic Insights, Emerging Technologies, and New Research Avenues. In: Sharma, N., Sahi, S. (eds) Nanomaterial Biointeractions at the Cellular, Organismal and System Levels. Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65792-5_6
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