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Inorganic Porous Nanoparticles as Pesticide or Nutrient Carriers

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Inorganic Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers

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Nano-enabled agriculture has been gaining interest recently as a pathway to improve crop yield and protection while reducing fertilizer and pesticide application rates compared to traditional agricultural practices. Inorganic, porous nanoparticles can have a pivotal role in the successful deployment of nanotechnology. Inorganic porous nanoparticles can provide a structurally stable framework to encapsulate and transport active ingredients, such as pesticides and fertilizers. Herein, we provide a review of promising features that these porous nanocarriers possess that may be of interest in agriculture. For instance, porous nanocarriers can increase the apparent solubility and mobility of poorly soluble pesticides and control the release of these over time. Commonly studied inorganic nanomaterials include silica, iron oxide, zinc oxide, copper oxide, clays, and hydroxyapatites, each of which has its own attributes and characteristics that can be relevant to crop growth and protection in the field. This chapter also includes explanations of the uptake of these nanocarriers through roots and leaves, and their further translocation within the plants. The important role of particle physicochemical characteristics, e.g., zeta potential and size in uptake and translocation are reviewed along with emerging approaches for rational design of nanoparticles to provide them with stimuli-responsive characteristics that can be triggered by changes in pH, temperature, ionic strength, light, enzymes, and redox agents.

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Bueno, V., Ghoshal, S. (2022). Inorganic Porous Nanoparticles as Pesticide or Nutrient Carriers. In: Fernandes Fraceto, L., Pereira de Carvalho, H.W., de Lima, R., Ghoshal, S., Santaella, C. (eds) Inorganic Nanopesticides and Nanofertilizers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94155-0_11

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