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Nanofertilizers in Agriculture: Futuristic Approach

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Nano-Biofortification for Human and Environmental Health

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Agricultural land is decreasing and the demand for food is increasing day by day. Hence, it is necessary to increase the annual food production to satisfy the alarming population. This led to uncontrolled overuse of chemical fertilizers, macro-micro-nutrient deficiency, degradation of soil fertility, and rapid climate change. Traditional chemical fertilizers are expensive as well as harmful to human and environment health. Nanofertilizers are an emerging technology in agriculture which helps to increase crop yield and nutrient use efficiency and to reduce excessive use of fertilizers. These fertilizers are designed target oriented and not easily lost to environment. It comprises nanoformulations of nutrients deliverable to plants, enabling easy absorption. They have higher surface area due to very less size of particles which facilitates more penetration into the plants from surface soil or leaves and also have high reactivity with other compounds. These fertilizers play an important role to substitute synthetic fertilizers for sustainable agriculture and are found more suitable for the stimulation of plant development. Nanofertilizers provide more area for photosynthesis, more sunlight absorption, and higher yield of the crops. Although nanofertilizers have numerous advantages and few limitations, their consequences during and after application should be properly noticed. Therefore, nanofertilizers have enormous scope to contribute for sustainable agriculture production, especially in developing countries.

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Mishra, R. et al. (2023). Nanofertilizers in Agriculture: Futuristic Approach. In: Rajput, V.D., El-Ramady, H., Upadhyay, S.K., Minkina, T., Ahmed, B., Mandzhieva, S. (eds) Nano-Biofortification for Human and Environmental Health. Sustainable Plant Nutrition in a Changing World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35147-1_14

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