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Nanotechnological interventions for plant health improvement and sustainable agriculture

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Agriculture is the source of food for both humans and animals. With the growing population demands, agricultural production needs to be scaled up where nanotechnology can play a significant role. The use of nanotechnology in agriculture can manage plant disease and growth for better and quality output. Therefore, this review focuses on the use of various nanoparticles for detection of nutrients and contaminants, nanosensors for monitoring the environmental stresses and crop conditions as well as the use of nanotechnology for plant pathogen detection and crop protection. In addition, the delivery of plant growth regulators and agrichemicals like nanopesticides and nanofertilizers to the plants along with the delivery of DNA for targeted genetic engineering and production of genetically modified (GM) crops are discussed briefly. Further, the future concerns regarding the use of nanoparticles and their possible toxicity, impact on the agriculture and ecosystem needs to be assessed along with the assessment of the nanoparticles and GM crops on the environment and human health.

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Authors are highly grateful to the authority of the respective departments and institutions for their support in doing this research. The author PK would like to thank DST-SERB (file no ECR/2017/001143) for financial support.

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  1. Department of Forestry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli, Arunachal Pradesh, 791109, India

    Madhu Kamle & Pradeep Kumar

  2. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia

    Dipendra Kumar Mahato

  3. National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Sonipat, Haryana, India

    Sheetal Devi

  4. Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj, 211007, India

    Ramendra Soni & Vijay Tripathi

  5. Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, 38541, Republic of Korea

    Awdhesh Kumar Mishra

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Kamle, M., Mahato, D.K., Devi, S. et al. Nanotechnological interventions for plant health improvement and sustainable agriculture. 3 Biotech 10, 168 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-2152-3

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