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Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures in Agro-Food Production

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Abstract

Sustainable agriculture is a crucial practice to face worldwide food demand and to achieve global food security. For attaining sustainability in agricultural production, several molecular and conventional approaches have been followed. But, the existing practices have several demerits and restrict the achievement of sufficient agricultural sustainability. Recently, carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have exerted the largest interest in agriculture and food production due to their distinct physicochemical characteristics, including their optical, electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties, small size, high surface area, etc. Additionally, functionalized CNMs display upgraded efficiency in various aspects. Thus, this chapter deals with the action of various carbon nanomaterials functionalized by substituted organic molecules in soil, plants, and agro-food production. Overall, this chapter would explain the potential contributions and importance of functionalized CNMs for the nano-carbon-enabled agricultural field.

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Abbreviations

BNF:

Biological nitrogen fixation

CDs:

Carbon dots

CNTs:

Carbon nanotubes

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DSH-MSNs:

Double shelled hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles

FRET:

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer

HMCNs:

Hollow mesoporous carbon nanoparticles

IFE:

Inner filter effect

MSN:

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles

MWCNTs:

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes

NCDs:

Nitrogen-doped carbon dots

NIN:

Genetic code that expresses the ninein protein

PHMCN:

Polyethyleneimine hollow mesoporous carbon nanoparticles

PHMCN-Se:

Polyethyleneimine hollow mesoporous carbon nanoparticles-selinate complex

ROS:

Reactive oxygen species

RuBisCO:

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase

SWCNHs/SWCNTs:

Single-walled carbon nanohorns/carbon nanotubes

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